{"id":11959,"date":"1990-08-01T11:43:00","date_gmt":"1990-08-01T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11959"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:10:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:10:04","slug":"correspondence-abortion-and-the-dpg-ratio-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=11959","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Abortion and the DPG ratio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> (Dr. Bart responds)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Bart<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cmaj.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ\" class=\"wp-image-11269\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>These two letters, one so clear, the other so impassioned, seem to have the right of it; so too do the arguments of their opponents when I read them. Therein lies the rub: everyone is right, according to his lights. The question for the rest of us is, How bright are these lights? I for one do not know. . . .&#8221;In a world where everyone is right, nothing is left but personal responsibility. That will take you down the straight and narrow road to whatever you and yours deserve. That is the true meaning of PR. I wish we all did just that, good PR, instead of living each others&#8217; lives, which is where all the trouble comes from.&#8221; . . . &#8220;You mind your business, I&#8217;ll mind mine; then everyone will have an easier time.&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Bart J. (Correspondence)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1452692\/pdf\/cmaj00232-0015a.pdf\"> Abortion and the DPG ratio (Dr. Bart responds)<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1991;143(3):277. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Dr. Bart responds) John Bart ExtractThese two letters, one so clear, the other so impassioned, seem to have the right of it; so too do the arguments of their opponents when I read them. Therein lies the rub: everyone is right, according to his lights. 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