{"id":13376,"date":"1975-03-08T16:22:00","date_gmt":"1975-03-09T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13376"},"modified":"2023-01-27T14:51:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T22:51:10","slug":"correspondence-therapeutic-abortion-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13376","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Therapeutic abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wendell W Watters<\/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 regret that my previous letter (Can Med Assoc J 111: 900, 1974) did not make clear the distinction between people whose individual value system would not allow them to participate in abortion themselves and people who would prevent anyone from participating in abortion. I sincerely hope we never have laws that prevent the former from following the dictates of their own conscience . . . he is entitled to call embryos anything he wishes. But those of us who call tadpoles &#8220;tadpoles&#8221; and not immature frogs, acorns &#8220;acorns&#8221; and not oak trees, prefer to call fetuses &#8220;fetuses&#8221;. . . With regard to Dr. Baunemann&#8217;s letter, the persistent attempt on the part of the self-styled pro-life people to force an association between the Nazis and the advocates of abortion Jaw repeal is wearing a bit thin. . . .History shows that antiabortion laws (phenomenologically, compulsory pregnancy laws) were always introduced to stimulate population growth; and such policies of demographic aggression usually preceded acts of other kinds of aggression. Hitler was a fervent crusader for compulsory pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Watters WW. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1956260\/pdf\/canmedaj01530-0018b.pdf\">(Correspondence) Therapeutic abortion<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1975 Mar 08;112(5):558. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendell W Watters ExtractI regret that my previous letter (Can Med Assoc J 111: 900, 1974) did not make clear the distinction between people whose individual value system would not allow them to participate in abortion themselves and people who would prevent anyone from participating in abortion. 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