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...centerpiece of the film is an ultrasound video of the abortion of a 12-week fetus. As the abortion proceeds, the narrator, former abortion doctor Bernard Nathanson, describes the way the fetus is destroyed by the various devices inserted into the uterus. At one point Nathanson claims that the fetus opens its mouth to emit a "silent scream" as it shrinks from the abortionist's tools...
...powerful is the introduction, in which Nathanson shows the abortionist's tools and explains how they are used. Anyone would be sickened by his description of how the fetus's skull is crushed with a pair of forceps when it becomes too large to be suctioned out of the uterus...
Edwards had worked only with eggs obtained from ovaries removed for medical reasons. Steptoe realized that with a laparoscope he could siphon eggs directly from infertile women. If the eggs were retrieved at just the right time and then fertilized in vitro, they could be transferred into the uterus, thereby circumventing the sometimes perilous journey down the Fallopian tubes...
Advances in diagnostic exams and hormone treatments have drastically cut the incidence of cancer of the uterus, ovaries and cervix over the past five decades. Pap smears that detect abnormal cells in the cervix before they become malignant have contributed to a 75% drop in cervical cancer since the 1950s. Wider use of birth control pills and hormonereplacement therapy (with estrogen and progestin) have decreased the risk of ovarian and uterine cancers. Recent research also suggests that in some cases, a low-fat diet can cut the risk of cervical cancer even further...
...just the fourth time in the past 10 years, the National Cancer Institute last week called for an immediate change in the way doctors treat a particular type of cancer. The disease in question is cancer of the cervix, located at the opening of the uterus. Researchers at the institute recommended attacking moderately advanced cases with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation rather than the current standard of radiation alone. This new thinking is based on the results of five as-yet-unpublished studies of 1,900 women with cervical cancer, which show that simultaneous chemotherapy and radiation reduced...