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...Another point of contention is that the law dates a pregnancy as beginning at the moment an egg is fertilized, as opposed to the standard definition, the point at which it implants in the womb. Were that to become a legally accepted definition, then those forms of contraception that may prevent a fertilized egg from implanting could be categorized as a form of abortion. That belief is what propels opposition to emergency contraception like Plan...
...adults is something of a mystery and a quandary; aware and articulate, we can describe what we feel - a sharp stab, a dull ache, a twinge, a pang, an agony - and yet still physicians argue over what to do and how to treat. Unlocking the secrets of the womb is surely harder, and the stakes for the mother high as well...
...stick with one Gospel? The Magi are only in Matthew, the shepherds only in Luke, but both Magi and shepherds appear in the film. Rich's first draft did not include The Magnificat, the verses Mary sings when her cousin Elizabeth feels a child stirring in her own womb, because it didn't match Mary's character arc. When a nun advising the film weighed in on the importance of the passage to Catholics, Hardwicke incorporated some of the verses in a voice-over later in the story...
...project is also focused on the final three weeks of pregnancy, a time when most mothers-to-be assume they are out of the woods. But as Dr. Henrietta Bada, chief of neonatology at the University of Kentucky, explains, those last few weeks in the womb are critical for a newborn's development. The health risks for a baby born at week 35, she says, are more like those of a baby born at week 30 than one born at week 37. "The perception is that a big baby--even if he's premature--is going to act like...
...will a cultural change occur far outside the walls of Harvard Yard? Likewise, the abortion question is not about women’s choice or supporting “life,” but whether the termination of a fetus is equivalent to terminating a human outside of the womb...