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Legislating Life Decisions In her essay, Nancy Gibbs posited that politicians will soon need to make firm decisions regarding reproductive technologies and embryonic stem cells [March 10]. But she cited the work of professors who argue that, as Gibbs put it, "the embryo is a whole, living member of the human species in its earliest stage of development, not just a potential one or a part of one." This leaves out one critical factor: a mother's uterus is needed to complete gestation. Until we recognize the mother as the vital, key component to creating new life, we will continue...
Gibbs spelled out so many of the issues that complicate the abortion and stem-cell debate. The bottom line is that life is a continuum. Once it has begun, once the DNA "spells" a human and the fertilized egg starts dividing, the only difference between it and the 10-month-old "product of conception" is time and nurture, not substance. I do not consider myself religious, but I do have compassion for life and see it as precious. I don't understand how otherwise compassionate people can think it's O.K. to end a life. Abortion and embryonic-stem-cell...
...enforcement, penitentiaries, and welfare programs. For a host of reasons, our society is not an accomocating place for a teen who is pregnant. People who are still in many ways children themselves tend to have difficulty parenting children of their own. Every effort must be made to stem its increase, both on paper as well as for the benefit of Massachusetts’ disadvantaged communities. A comprehensive investment in education, contraception, and health care seems at present the best way to direct those efforts...
...also the CHA’s chief of medicine. “We provide an exceptional setting in which to teach medical students about societal and public health aspects of medicine, cultural competence, increasing access, and reducing disparities.” The CHA’s financial woes stem largely from the number of uninsured patients it has been treating in the months following the enactment of Massachusetts’ health care reform act last year. Prior to the law, the CHA was reimbursed by the Commonwealth for the full cost of providing uncompensated services. But Boudrow said that...
...extraordinary speech - not because of any rhetorical flourishes, but because it was honest, frank, measured in tone, inclusive and hopeful. I don't know whether it will be sufficient to stem a racial backlash against his candidacy, but he clearly demonstrated today his capacity to lead public opinion and not simply be a slave to it. Indeed, I would say he appeared wise beyond his years and genuinely presidential...