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...dangerous for a woman to go through childbirth than to have an abortion. So concluded eight major medical organizations, including the American Medical Association in a 1989 Supreme Court brief. By restricting access to abortion, Rust will force women to sacrifice their own health for the sake of their fetus--a responsibility not recognized anywhere else in American jurisprudence...
...DOUBT, the infant mortality/abortion rights connection will not sway the most ardent opponents of abortion. If a nine-week fetus is the moral equivalent of a baby, then there is no inconsistency in letting more post-birth babies die for the sake of an equal or greater number of "unborn babies." But the vast majority of the American population (and, arguably, the U.S. Congress) does not accept the radical equation of fetus and baby. Even George Bush agreed with other world leaders at the recent World Summit for Children that "there can be no task nobler than giving every child...
Most Americans will feel more moved by the slow death of an infant in an intensive care unit than by the removal of a fetus at the mother's request. And they will begin to wonder whether something is wrong with a cause that advocates letting babies die in order to save them...
...Rachel gave birth to a daughter, Louise, who had Down's syndrome and a defective heart. The baby died three months later. Though one test indicated no problem with the fetus, other, sophisticated tests that could have alerted doctors to her condition earlier were not performed. The state paid for her burial in a family plot, and local florists donated the flowers. Rachel and John have since moved to Virginia, and they are again trying to have a child...
...lead in its manufacturing processes. Johnson Controls strictly excluded women capable of bearing children from any job where lead readings reached specified levels. Company officials acted on the grounds that medical evidence indicated that contamination of a mother could cause serious damage to the nervous system of any fetus she carried. In supporting the company two years ago, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that those who opposed Johnson had failed to show how anything less than a sweeping measure would eliminate the hazard...