{"id":12001,"date":"1983-12-15T13:09:00","date_gmt":"1983-12-15T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12001"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:20:21","slug":"correspondence-the-cma-abortion-survey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12001","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) The CMA abortion survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul de Bellefeuille<\/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>I find the CMA abortion survey disturbing and completely unsatisfying. Without exception, all the questions assume that abortion is acceptable and can therefore be neatly compartmentalized to facilitate its performance. Nothing could be further who initially did not want their babies did want them once they were born,&#8217; some individuals may ignore this normal evolution of maternal feelings. . . . slightly more than half of the respondents would refuse to terminate a pregnancy solely at the &#8220;woman&#8217;s request&#8221;. . . .  Everyone knows that few, if any, terminations of pregnancy are therapeutic, although many are pathogenic. . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>de Bellefeuille P. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1875691\/pdf\/canmedaj01405-0017c.pdf\">(Correspondence) The CMA abortion survey<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1983;129(12):1259-1260. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul de Bellefeuille ExtractI find the CMA abortion survey disturbing and completely unsatisfying. Without exception, all the questions assume that abortion is acceptable and can therefore be neatly compartmentalized to facilitate its performance. Nothing could be further who initially did not want their babies did want them once they were born,&#8217; some individuals may ignore &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12001\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;(Correspondence) The CMA abortion survey&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,554,882],"tags":[1267],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-12001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-ethics","category-journals-correspondence","tag-paul-de-bellefeuille"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>(Correspondence) The CMA abortion survey - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I find the CMA abortion survey disturbing and completely unsatisfying. 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