{"id":12842,"date":"1982-05-01T19:15:00","date_gmt":"1982-05-02T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12842"},"modified":"2023-02-05T15:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T23:01:44","slug":"correspondence-abortion-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12842","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MT Casey<\/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>The fetus in the uterus of a pregnant woman is not the body of the pregnant woman; it is the body of someone else. I ask Dr. Wilson: If a woman asked him to provide her with the means to end her own life and used the same logic, that it is her own body and she is entitled to do with it what she wants, would he readily agree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Casey MT. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1863288\/pdf\/canmedaj01366-0024d.pdf\">(Correspondence) Abortion<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1982 May 01;126(9):1032. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MT Casey ExtractThe fetus in the uterus of a pregnant woman is not the body of the pregnant woman; it is the body of someone else. 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