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Patrick G Coffey<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Having read the well-written article by Laura Eggertson, I feel that her thrust (and that of Planned Parenthood, the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League, Health Minister Allan Rock, etc.) is that it is a scandal and surprise that a \u201cmedically necessary\u201d operation \u2014 abortion \u2014 is not universally accepted like other procedures You do not hear most of the old debating arguments about abortion any more, but the one that will not go away concerns whether abortion is a medically necessary operation. . . .Abortion is both a moral and a medical issue, and we should not be surprised if people do not regard it as a necessary procedure in the same way they view other operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coffey PG. (Correspondence) The abortion issue<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 2001 Jul 10;165(1):14-15. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patrick G Coffey ExtractHaving read the well-written article by Laura Eggertson, I feel that her thrust (and that of Planned Parenthood, the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League, Health Minister Allan Rock, etc.) is that it is a scandal and surprise that a \u201cmedically necessary\u201d operation \u2014 abortion \u2014 is not universally accepted like other procedures … Continue reading “(Correspondence) The abortion issue”<\/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":[1769],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-ethics","category-journals-correspondence","tag-patrick-g-coffey"],"yoast_head":"\r\n(Correspondence) The abortion issue - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abortion is a moral & medical issue. 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