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Hard Cases. Other theories place "humanness" at the time of implantation of the zygote in the uterus, or even later in the fetal development. It is a question critical to the general debate. If ethicists establish humanness at fertilization, then birth control methods that prevent implantation, such as the intrauterine device or "morning-after" pill, would be considered methods of abortion rather than contraception...
...erased. Jack, Stowell believes, was certified insane and was quietly placed in a private mental home -although he later escaped and committed his last and most horrible murder, that of a prostitute named Mary Jane Kelly. He cut her throat, obliterated her face, removed her liver, heart and uterus, and hung pieces of her flesh from nails on a nearby wall. Stowell suggests that Jack learned his skills "on the family estate in Scotland," where he stalked deer and watched carcasses being eviscerated and dressed...
...first twelve weeks abortion is usually done by "D and C"-dilatation of the cervix and curettage (scraping) of the womb lining. For the next four weeks, most physicians consider abortion too hazardous because of the danger of causing hemorrhage or even puncturing the uterus. Beyond the 16th week, the preferred method is "saline induction," the injection of about half a pint of salt solution into the womb. New York Hospital, which has 112 beds in its women's division, is scheduling eight D and Cs a day, plus 16 salines a week. St. Luke's Medical Center...
...Pipeline. Sterilization operations for men and women are based on the same strategy: cutting the tubes that carry the sex cells on their paths toward junction and conception. In the woman, the Fallopian tubes−through which the egg cells travel from the ovaries toward the uterus−are hidden in the pelvic cavity of the lower abdomen. Before recent technical advances they were relatively difficult for the surgeon to reach. In the man, a tube called the vas deferens (literally, the "carrying-away vessel") arises from each testicle to carry the spermatozoa to the prostate gland where the seminal...
...them to recommend routine use of prostaglandins for abortion, and they urge a more extensive trial. (Dr. Marc Bygdeman is already using F2 at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute.) But, they suggest, the technique could eliminate most of the risks in surgical abortion, notably infection and damage to the uterus. Perhaps equally important, when the technique of PG abortion is simplified and improved, it is likely to be more acceptable than surgery-both emotionally and aesthetically-to many women...