THE ABORTION CONFLICT; WHAT IT DOES TO ONE DOCTOR

In early common law, abortion performed before ''quickening'' - defined as that point when the fetus begins to move in the uterus at 16 or 18 weeks - was not an indictable offense. In the mid-19th century, as Kristin Luker, a professor of sociology at the University of California at San Diego, points out, a survey showed that between 17 percent ... ................
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