Word: fetuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crime in itself. Furthermore the jury dealt with the judge's instructions haphazardly, substituting, for his stipulation that it must find Edelin guilty of "wanton and reckless" conduct in order to convict, its own speculation that he might have been remiss in checking to see if the fetus were alive upon removal, and was hence guilty...
...grounds for an argument against the jury system. Clearly, this case never should have made it to that stage at all. This was a case where both sides argued over uncertain points of law that should have been defined from the outset; at what age is a prematurely delivered fetus considered capable of life apart from the mother? What degree of separation from the mother constitutes birth? What is manslaughter? And even, what is abortion? The attorneys spent most of the six-week trial arguing not about the circumstances of the involved operation, but about which of the possible legal...
...true situation. To announce that Edelin was guilty for an "abortion" is false. If an abortion had been committed, and if the jury had found it as such then under present law he would have been acquitted. Instead, the jury found that there was a chance that the fetus was viable that it was alive outside of the uterus. It further determined that through "negligence" Edelin had allowed the baby to die. That is the crime of manslaughter, and that was the reason for the verdict that was returned...
...jury members as "avoiding his (Edelin's) gaze" as they would enter the courtroom--obviously the jury members were evil people out to screw the good doctor. In reporting on page two the facts of the case, you have Edelin saying that he checked for life in the fetus for two to five seconds, and found none. You leave it at that, giving the impression that the fetus was indeed dead, and Edelin wasn't negligent at all. In fact, a defense witness under cross-examination had stated that at least ten seconds would have been necessary and that alternate...
Finally, The Crimson has shown the disturbing practice of presenting only one side of the issue in this case. Instead of attacking the raving maniacal anti-abortionists, perhaps it would be simpler to just try to understand what they are saying: once conceived a human fetus is alive; humanity is not dependent on personality or looks or age or independence, but simply on the genetic structure that says this living matter is human. --Tom Keane...