{"id":12065,"date":"1968-02-03T13:38:00","date_gmt":"1968-02-03T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12065"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:46:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:46:49","slug":"correspondence-requests-for-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12065","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Requests for Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R Geoffrey Bird<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bmj.jpg\" alt=\"British Medical Journal, BMJ\" class=\"wp-image-11229\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">British Medical Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>Bearing in mind the expense of caring for the disturbed unmarried mother and the unwanted child, abortion clinics might well prove to be more economical for the country generally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Bird RG. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1985037\/pdf\/brmedj02069-0075b.pdf\">(Correspondence) Requests for Abortion.<\/a> Br Med J. 1968;1(5587):311. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R Geoffrey Bird ExtractBearing in mind the expense of caring for the disturbed unmarried mother and the unwanted child, abortion clinics might well prove to be more economical for the country generally. 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