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The role of medical imaging in the abortion debate
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- Published on: 18 May 2017
- Published on: 18 May 2017Response to 'The role of medical imaging in the abortion debate'Show More
Dear Editor,
Deborah Kirklin seems to suggest that those of us who argue that a woman should have the right to make the decision about the outcome of her pregnancy should avoid commenting on fetal development. Whether a fetus can ‘smile’, she claims, is irrelevant to our case for women’s abortion rights, and we should not use ‘biological discourse’. I find this proposition very odd.
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