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...physician at Alaska's Elmendorf Air Force Base hospital told Karen Scott, then almost eight months pregnant with her second child, that she needed her cervix sewn shut to prevent premature birth. The diagnosis was faulty, and the operation resulted in an infection that destroyed some of the unborn child's brain cells. Born six weeks prematurely, Johnathan Scott is afflicted with a form of cerebral palsy known as spastic quadriplegia. Although he is mentally alert, Johnathan, now eight years old, will never walk or develop normally...
Sometimes when it is not feasible to make abortions following rape or incest illegal, the movement settles for cutting off Medicaid funds. "Rape and incest are tragedies," says Illinois Congressman Henry Hyde, author of the federal restriction, "but why visit on the second victim, the unborn child that is the product of that criminal act, capital punishment?" Forcing only poor women to have the children of their rapists, says the pro-choice movement, shows how heartless the right-to-life movement...
...many surgeons are likely to develop similar expertise soon. Nonetheless, Harrison's work may herald a time when doctors can routinely help the unborn victims of nature's mistakes...
Social conservatives believe the rights of an unborn baby supercede any right to privacy, and argue against any constitutional guarantee to a safe abortion. Economic conservatives laud the powers of a market economy--where demand for a product creates incentives for its supply...
...will soon collide because of RU 486--an abortion-inducing pill that can be taken in the privacy of your own home. The pill, now legal in France but not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States, has already been called "chemical warfare against unborn babies" by extreme anti-abortionists...