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Arabella Kenealy<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Only this much have I suggested, that in view of that which is plainly a higher mandate; in view of the multiple miseries of the syphilitic infant and child, and its degenerate maturity; in view more especially of the fact that not upon us, but upon these miserable little creatures from whom we avert the mercy of abortion, the consequences of our interference fall, we should in all cases in which Nature is trying to cast off a syphilitic foetus thankfully allow her to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kenealy A. (Correspondence) A Question of Conscience<\/a>. Br Med J. 1895;2(1815):934. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arabella Kenealy ExtractOnly this much have I suggested, that in view of that which is plainly a higher mandate; in view of the multiple miseries of the syphilitic infant and child, and its degenerate maturity; in view more especially of the fact that not upon us, but upon these miserable little creatures from whom we … Continue reading “(Correspondence) A Question of Conscience”<\/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":[11,554,17,882],"tags":[919],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-12416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-ethics","category-eugenics-genetics","category-journals-correspondence","tag-arabella-kenealy"],"yoast_head":"\r\n(Correspondence) A Question of Conscience - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" 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