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WM Capper<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Extract<\/strong>
I have during recent years encountered two patients who when asked about anxiety recalled abortions that had been carried out 20 or more years before. There are few people so miserable as the childless menopausal woman who bitterly recalls the abortion of her first child. Unfortunately the human conscience has a long memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capper W. (Correspondence) Termination of Pregnancy Bill<\/a>. Br Med J. 1967 Feb 18;1(5537):426. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WM Capper ExtractI have during recent years encountered two patients who when asked about anxiety recalled abortions that had been carried out 20 or more years before. There are few people so miserable as the childless menopausal woman who bitterly recalls the abortion of her first child. 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