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...hysterotomy is a method of abortion similar in technique to Caesarean section. In the hysterotomy, however, the fetus is separated from the placenta while in the womb and soon dies deprived of oxygen. Flanagan had defined life in his prosecution as the state when the fetus breathes and maintains a heartbeat independent of the mother. Late in the hearing, though, he suggested that Edelin could be convicted for manslaughter even if the alleged victim had only a "potential" for life...
RIFT has chosen the Persephone myth as a symbol of the change from the matriarchy to the patriarchy that occurred in western prehistory. The natural bond between mother and daughter--between female and female--is forcibly broken. Woman, who possesses the womb and is therefore the source of life, is subjugated to man, whose power and symbol is death...
...adoption this summer of a fetal-research bill by the Massachusetts legislature. This bill requires "parental consent" before a doctor may experiment on a fetus and prohibits both the culture of live fetal tissue after abortion and experimentation on a fetus while it is still in the womb...
...some of these would-be mothers. A respected, pioneering obstetrician-gynecologist reported that in three cases a ripe egg cell had been removed from a wife and fertilized in a laboratory by sperm from her husband; then the resulting conceptus had been implanted in the wife's womb and she had given birth to a normal child. The three babies thus conceived are now from twelve to 18 months old. But optimism faded fast with the news that the doctor had failed in 30 other attempts to duplicate his successes, and was giving up the work...
...exception to the rule: "When I was younger I did want to go to Broadway. Now the basic thing I wanted to do when I was 18 is no longer a fantasy. I know a lot of people in the business." So Rubins will finally leave the womb of Cambridge to seek a living in New York. "I'd be thrilled--thrilled if I could support myself doing anything involving the arts"--and that includes writing songs, teaching acting, writing arts pieces for magazines, even composing commercial jingles if necessary. Rubins evaluates his position: "I know I'm a solid...