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(Correspondence) Abortion and the pregnant teenager

EH Curran

Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ — Canadian Medical Association Journal

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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.

(Correspondence) Abortion

Wena VP Williams

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In the 20th century it is unrealistic to teach children that babies are made through acts of sexual intercourse and not to teach them when they become adolescents how to make love without making an unwanted baby. . . Contraceptives should be easily available to every boy and girl who is sexually active and responsible enough to admit it by seeking birth control. . . .It is socially irresponsible for a doctor to condemn a girl for asking for the pill, or to refuse it to her in the hope that it will stop her from having sexual intercourse . . . . He must also know that his denial of the pill to a girl forces her to adopt less effective methods of birth control or to use no method at all, and that when she subsequently becomes pregnant and asks for abortion the blame is as much his as it is that of the girl or her boyfriend.

Williams WV. (Correspondence) Abortion. Can Med Assoc J. 1974 Feb 02;110(3):261-262.

(Correspondence) Abortion and the pregnant teenager

Philip E Shea

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The article “Abortion and the pregnant teenager” by Lipper et al (Can Med Assoc J 109: 852, 19173) is one of a series of articles which abortion clinics will undoubtedly produce in an effort to justify their actions. My initial reaction was to pick at the many inconsistencies in the article . . .But then it seemed that in doing so I was missing the point. The authors have many figures and graphs to demonstrate their findings. It is all so cold and scientific – so pat. But they have left out one fact which is of paramount importance and renders all the others meaningless: 100% of the babies died.

Shea PE. (Correspondence) Abortion and the pregnant teenager. Can Med Assoc J. 1974 Jan 19;110(2):143.