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Sometimes the death of the unborn child is the unwanted but tragically necessary side effect of treatment necessary to save the mother’s life. A conscientious doctor will struggle with such cases, and will make all reasonable efforts to preserve the child’s life if possible. The trouble lies in the fact thatabortion advocacy efforts have created a climate in which many doctors feel safest recommending abortion at the first sign of trouble.

Over a decade before widespread legalization of abortion, even Planned Parenthood’s Medical Director, Mary Calderone, recognized that “it is hardly ever necessary today to consider the life of a mother as threatened by a pregnancy.”1 But thanks to the efforts of abortion advocates, pregnancy is perceived as dangerous, and women are being steered by litigation-shy doctors into needless, unwanted abortions, ostensibly for maternal or fetal indications.

Dr. Thomas Murphy Goodwin is affiliated with an obstetrical service specializing in high-risk cases. His reflections on cases he has seen in his practice are described by him in The Silent Subject.2 Goodwin tells poignant stories of women who had been sent to his practice for unnecessary abortions. Although these women were put through needless anguish, they were spared the trauma of abortion. Goodwin and his coleagues were able to demonstrate that the risks were not as grave as the women had been led to believe. Other women have not been so fortunate.
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Beware of Maternal and Fetal Indications – RealChoice

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