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...Many doctors, clergymen and parents no longer believe that it is enough to enable a badly deformed child to survive. They hold that an infant is entitled to a reasonable chance of achieving what Professor Joseph Fletcher, who teaches medical ethics at the University of Virginia Medical School, calls humanhood, a state that includes "self-awareness, a sense of futurity, an ability to relate to others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Hardest Choice | 3/25/1974 | See Source »

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