{"id":14316,"date":"1981-01-15T14:37:00","date_gmt":"1981-01-15T22:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=14316"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:25:48","slug":"abortion-1-definitions-and-implications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=14316","title":{"rendered":"Abortion: 1. Definitions and implications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bernard M Dickens<\/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>Summary<\/strong><br>Discusses the difference between definitions in the <em>Criminal Code<\/em> and regulations promulgated by provincial authorities. Notes that post-coital interception (IUD or pharmaceuticals) may be considered abortions. &#8220;The problem may become more acute when &#8216;morning-after&#8217; contraception and menstrual self-regulation with pills and suppositories become widely available. Recent legislation in New Zealand has established that pregnancy begins not with fertilization but with implantation.6 To keep legitimate contraception from coming under the abortion law in Canada we should make a similar provision. However, the recommendation made in August 1980 by the general council of the United Church of Canada &#8211; to decriminalize abortion within the first 20 weeks of pregnancy &#8211; may be the best solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Dickens BM. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1705166\/pdf\/canmedaj01474-0011.pdf\">Abortion: 1. Definitions and implications<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1981;124(2):113-114. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Correction<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p> [CMAJ] An error appeared in the editorial by Dr. Bernard M. Dickens in the Jan. 15, 1980 issue of the Journal. The second sentence in the second column should read (with the correction in italics): &#8220;Furthermore, if the life of the unborn child is deliberately ended after labour begins but before it has an existence outside the mother&#8217;s body, the act is considered child destruction, which is lawlul when it is done to save the mother&#8217;s life (section 221 [2]).&#8221; We apologize to Dr. Dickens for this oversight.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p> Dickens BM. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1705339\/pdf\/canmedaj01479-0026b.pdf\">Abortion:1. Definitions and implications [correction]<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1981;124(7):854.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard M Dickens SummaryDiscusses the difference between definitions in the Criminal Code and regulations promulgated by provincial authorities. Notes that post-coital interception (IUD or pharmaceuticals) may be considered abortions. &#8220;The problem may become more acute when &#8216;morning-after&#8217; contraception and menstrual self-regulation with pills and suppositories become widely available. Recent legislation in New Zealand has established &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=14316\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Abortion: 1. 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