{"id":16298,"date":"1967-01-21T09:59:00","date_gmt":"1967-01-21T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16298"},"modified":"2024-11-23T19:33:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T03:33:32","slug":"correspondence-termination-of-pregnancy-bill-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16298","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) Termination of Pregnancy Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">J Letitia D Fairfield<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bmj.jpg\" alt=\"British Medical Journal, BMJ\" class=\"wp-image-11229\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">British Medical Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>How is the doctor to know that the patient (and any relative or friend who backs her up) is not lying about the alleged misfortune which makes or will make the bearing of a child intolerable ? Here the temptation would surely be for the puzzled medical officer or general practitioner to sit back and meekly accept the role of &#8221; sucker.&#8221; It seems to me that the proposed clause would operate simply as a clumsy method of &#8221; abortion on demand.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Fairfield JLD. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1840547\/pdf\/brmedj02119-0079b.pdf\">(Correspondence) Termination of Pregnancy Bill<\/a>. Br Med J. 1967 January 21;1(5533):173.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J Letitia D Fairfield AbstractHow is the doctor to know that the patient (and any relative or friend who backs her up) is not lying about the alleged misfortune which makes or will make the bearing of a child intolerable ? 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