EH Curran
Extract
The fact remains that, however technically safe and socially acceptable induced abortion becomes, it is a destructive procedure with some onerous implications. . . We even tolerate the ridiculous and completely unsupportable notion that a fetus is parasitic until 20 weeks and somehow human after that time. It is my hope that we shall reconsider our age-old pledge to preserve life and relieve pain and not sell out to the madness of social expediency.
Curran E. (Correspondence) Abortion and the pregnant teenager. Can Med Assoc J. 1974 Feb 02;110(3):261.