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Zetzel leaves his wife Geraldine (Kohlenberg); two daughters, Judith Z. Nathanson of Philadelphia and Ellen Z. Lambert of New York; a son, James E.G. Zetzel of New York; two stepchildren, Teresa Kohlenberg of Watertown and Andrew Max Kohlenberg of Providence; three grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren...
...lawyer for Columbia Pictures production boss Michael Nathanson wanted it known that Nathanson "never did business with Heidi on any level. Personally, or company-wise," and Heidi herself declared that Nathanson had never been her client. "This is driving people's imaginations to the max," said Anthony Pellicano, a private detective whom Nathanson hired to sort out the facts. "People are scared to death of being exposed. I'm getting phone calls from a lot of people who want me to represent them...
...film Silent Scream, a 28-minute, shock-the-viewer indictment of abortion. The movie, distributed by American Portrait Films of Anaheim, Calif., depicts through ultrasound imaging what happens in the womb during the abortion of a twelve-week-old fetus. The images are grainy and vague, but Narrator Nathanson provides explanation. "The child," he says, "senses aggression in its sanctuary" and moves in an "agitated" manner away from the surgical instruments in a "pathetic attempt to escape." Its heart rate $ increases as it "senses mortal danger," and, he notes, pointing to a fuzzy image, it opens its mouth...
...among many doctors--especially Nathanson's fellow obstetricians--the film has provoked an outcry. "The problem is that it is factually misleading and unfair," says Dr. Richard Berkowitz, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at New York City's Mount Sinai Medical Center. Special effects may further the deception, according to Dr. John Hobbins of Yale School of Medicine. Early shots of the fetus seem to be run at a slow speed, but when the abortion instruments are introduced, the film is speeded up, creating the illusion that the fetus is thrashing about in alarm. Actually, says Hobbins, "the fetus appears...
Finally, experts in fetal development argue that at twelve weeks a fetus cannot move "purposefully," as Nathanson asserts, nor can it perceive danger; the cerebral cortex, which coordinates perception and thought, is not yet developed. As for the silent scream, says Johns Hopkins Neurobiologist David Bodian, doctors have no evidence that a twelve-week-old fetus can feel pain, though "there is a possibility of a reflex movement" in response to stimuli like surgical instruments. Hobbins suggests that the dramatic scream may have been a fetal yawn, because "the fetus spends lots of time with its mouth open." Indeed...