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...religionists" follow their own consciences, but not try to dictate to or condemn others who think differently. Historically the church has committed far too many murders, and in the name of God, for it now to attempt to invoke the Sixth Commandment on behalf of embryos unborn and not yet really human...
...even more important technique enables physicians to examine the cells of the unborn only months after conception and to determine with accuracy whether or not the infant will inherit his parents' defective genes. The procedure is known as amniocentesis, from the Greek amnion (membrane) and kentesis (pricking); it is performed by inserting a long needle through the mother's abdomen and drawing off a small sample of the amniotic fluid, the amber liquid in which the fetus floats. Physicians then separate the fetal skin cells from the fluid and place the cells in a nutrient bath where they continue...
ABORTION IS NOT HEALTHY FOR CHILDREN AND OTHER LIVING THINGS. A Pittsburgh woman, Mrs. Norbert Winter, 36, heads a group of 1,000 called "Women Concerned for the Unborn Child." Says Mrs. Winter: "Young mothers are the most logical defenders of unborn children. We believe-with the Women's Liberation groups-that a woman has the right to make decisions about her own body, but we also know that the child is not our own body...
...Liberation movement has made the confrontation total by declaring the absolute right of women over their own bodies. To them and to others, the right of abortion is simply the right to assert an order of values: their own lives and well-being over the lives of the unborn...
...Historical Perspectives (Harvard, $8.95). Noonan, a canon law expert, was widely praised for a historical study of contraception that demonstrated how Catholic teaching on the subject could change. But Catholic teaching on abortion, he insists, is far less flexible. His contributors offer a broad front in favor of the unborn...