Word: fetuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Edelin trial proves nothing but that we are still trying to impose metaphysics upon the law when history has repeatedly shown that the result is nothing but a list of martyrs. Viability is for the physicians, the godliness of a seed for the theologians. While a fetus is still a part of a woman's body and the birth certificate is unsigned, the state has the rights of only one citizen within its jurisdiction: those of the woman patient...
...condemn a fetus to death because it is "only potentially a person" is like condemning the dawn because it is only potentially...
...world's best fetologists cannot agree among themselves when viability begins. Pathologists with the evidence in their hands cannot agree on the exact gestational age of this particular fetus. But the jury in the Edelin trial can agree. So certain are they, that they convicted a man of manslaughter...
Great Odds. In many states, the Boston conviction could result in an increase in the cost of abortions. To avoid malpractice suits, hospitals may well have extra personnel and life-support equipment standing by during second-trimester abortions (a practice already required in New York State). If the aborted fetus shows even the faintest signs of life, more obstetricians will use the equipment to try to keep it alive-despite the great odds against success...
...abortion but of destruction of human life following an abortion. The verdict was reached by peers who had no choice but to base their decision on the compelling evidence presented in the case. The jury is saying that a doctor has no right to kill an aborted fetus that is alive...