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Time limit for abortion may shorten
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| 2/26/2007
Posted on 02/26/2007 2:48:28 AM PST by markomalley
LONDON (UPI) — Pressure is growing in Britain to shorten the 24-week limit on abortion, with medical experts and church leaders saying it is outdated.
The Sunday Telegraph reported that critics of the current 24-week limit cite medical advances that would allow the survival of up to 2,000 fetuses that are aborted each year.
Recently published photos of Amilla Taylor -- the world's most premature surviving infant, born at just 10 ounces -- have fueled the call for a review of abortion laws. Advocates for a review are calling for the time limit to be shortened to 20 weeks.
Professor Stuart Campbell -- a consultant at the Create Health Clinic and formerly head of obstetrics and gynecology at King's College School of Medicine -- said a change would be healthier for women who are seeking pregnancy termination.
"To me it seems utterly illogical that, in adjacent wards, one doctor is struggling to save a baby delivered at 23 weeks while another is aborting a healthy baby of the same age," he said.
The Telegraph reported that in 2004, a record 185,400 women had pregnancies terminated in England and Wales.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: abortion; prolife
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To: Right Wing Assault
In the U.S. it is. In most other countries it isn't.
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posted on
02/26/2007 6:01:48 AM PST
by
Tribune7
(A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet.)
To: Mr. Brightside
It's a good point. And the viability discussion certainly can lead to discussing the point that a human life begins at conception.
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posted on
02/26/2007 6:17:31 AM PST
by
don-o
(Fight, fight. fight to drive the GOP to the right!!!!)
To: markomalley
[.. "To me it seems utterly illogical that, in adjacent wards, one doctor is struggling to save a baby delivered at 23 weeks while another is aborting a healthy baby of the same age," he said. ..]
DUUUUUUGH!...
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posted on
02/26/2007 6:48:17 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
Pro-life bump.
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posted on
02/26/2007 11:54:49 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; annalex; ...
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posted on
02/26/2007 6:59:03 PM PST
by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, insects)
To: 2nd amendment mama; A2J; Agitate; AliVeritas; Alouette; Annie03; aposiopetic; attagirl; Augie76; ...
ProLife Ping!
If anyone wants on or off my ProLife Ping List, please notify me here or by freepmail.
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posted on
02/27/2007 6:43:04 AM PST
by
Mr. Silverback
("Logic" is as meaningless to a liberal as "desert" is to a fish.--Freeper IronJack)
To: don-o; Mrs. Don-o
I'm very sorry for your loss.
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posted on
02/27/2007 6:47:57 AM PST
by
Mr. Silverback
("Logic" is as meaningless to a liberal as "desert" is to a fish.--Freeper IronJack)
To: markomalley
Gogo Pro-life! Who knows what else this baby girl will do for the Pro-life movement!
And you'd think....it really isn't that hard to understand abortion=murder....is it? Is it just me!?
*Sigh* Hah, and this age says they're "logical-minded" Feh. *end rant*
-Glass
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posted on
02/28/2007 2:14:11 PM PST
by
GlasstotheArson
(And we are the Arsons that start all of your fires.)
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