{"id":13094,"date":"2007-02-13T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13094"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:49:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T22:49:58","slug":"correspondence-access-to-abortion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13094","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Access to abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andr\u00e9e C\u00f4t\u00e9<\/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>I am deeply disturbed by the negative responses (posted as e-letters) to the guest editorial by Sanda Rogers and Jocelyn Downie.  Most of the authors articulate an uncompromising ideological position in favour of the right to life of a fetus, while ignoring the basic human rights of women who, presumably, are their patients. . . .  Why should an individual doctor\u2019s personal beliefs trump the legal definition of \u201cperson\u201d and of \u201chuman being,\u201d violate the constitutionally entrenched rights of women to sexual and reproductive autonomy, and violate international human rights?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u00f4t\u00e9 A. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1800551\/pdf\/20070213s00030p493.pdf\">(Correspondence) Access to abortion<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 2007 Feb 13;176(4):493-494. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andr\u00e9e C\u00f4t\u00e9 ExtractI am deeply disturbed by the negative responses (posted as e-letters) to the guest editorial by Sanda Rogers and Jocelyn Downie. 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