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Profiles in Medicine

Focus on Abortion - Is the foetus a person? - exploring the issue of abortion

THE COMPLEX abortion issue hinges on the essential philosophical question: "Is the foetus a person?". Many medical practitioners and bioethicists say that there is no question that life begins at conception when the human egg is fertilised by the sperm...

Complications of 'botched' abortions
ABORTIONS PERFORMED by untrained personnel ­ whether medical or non-medical ­ can run into serious complications. Some of these patients end up on the steps of Victoria Jubilee Hospital putting more strain on the public hospital.

A pro-life perspective
"IF YOU know a woman who was pregnant, who had eight kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind and one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?" If you said, yes, she should abort...



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