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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...
...several years now Americans have been hearing a somber new slogan: "Death with dignity." Meaning: the American way of death has become too technological, often condemning a patient to a lingering and painful end in which he is kept artificially alive by a maze of tubes and life-support machines. To prevent such dehumanizing procedures, the advocates of death with dignity recommend that doctors be allowed to cease extraordinary lifesaving efforts when it is clear that the patient is beyond further help. The living are counseled to ease the dying person's final agony by keeping him company during...
...camaraderie in Houston last week was more than simple friendliness between rival spacemen. The Soviet cosmonauts, marking an important milestone in international cooperation in space, were beginning their initial briefings by U.S. space officials on the Apollo spacecraft, including its life-support and communications systems. In fall, Stafford and his fellow crewmen, Deke Slayton and Vance Brand, will visit Zvezdnoy Gorodok (Star City), outside Moscow, for a reciprocal study of the Soviet spacecraft. Unless each side understands the other's ship, serious problems could occur when the spacecraft are maneuvering in earth orbit. But the cosmonauts-including Leonov...
...board the submersible's mother ship, Sea Diver, the senior Link, 68 (long known for his World War II pilot training machines), realized that time was rapidly running out. The 9½-ton sub had only limited life-support chemicals. That was not the only problem. While the forward compartment's acrylic bubble acted as an insulator against the chilly (40° F.) sea, the rear compartment-where Link and Stover sat in light sports shirts and shorts-was quickly cooling off. The chill reduced the effectiveness of the chemical "scrubber," a sodium carbonate compound called Baralyme, which...
...want to thank you for using the excellent selection from our book The Energy Crisis as a prelude to your article [May 7]. We must regretfully conclude that the nation is headed for an energy-caused convulsion of our physical life-support system. Once this happens, the institutions that guarantee economic and social freedom will surely vanish in the turmoil...