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...touches directly on the question of when life begins, a central issue in the debate over abortion. Says Dr. Leonie Watson, a pro-life advocate in San Francisco: "If they can do surgery on a fetus, then it is in fact a baby." Calling that a "phony argument," Phillip Stubblefield, a gynecologist at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, submits that a fetus is only a baby if it can live outside the womb. Says he: "Whether or not the fetus is viable is a biological phenomenon that has to do with the maturity of the fetus." One thing seems...
...women volunteering for the study will be divided into four groups. Dr. Phillip G. Stubblefield '62, instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, said yesterday...
...first group will consist of pregnant women planning to keep their babies. The second group will involve women who have just had abortions and the third and fourth categories will include women who have had spontaneous miscarriages or etopic pregnancies, Stubblefield said...
...Stubblefield added that previous studies did not control for all these factors...
...Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, acknowledged that the Edelin decision had affected the facility and frequency of late abortions being performed in Boston hospitals. "According to the Supreme Court, abortions are still legal, but considering the Edelin case, a number of doctors are reluctant to undertake any late abortions." Stubblefield also said that "things are really tight for women wanting midtrimester abortions. Doctors are worried about the law and the community and who's going to pay." However, he criticized those local hospitals that have reduced the number of late abortions they are doing to only a very...