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From: rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: The Silent Scream Revisted
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Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 16:33:22 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  9 16:33:22 1985
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The following article is reprinted from The New Republic (4/8/85):

    The abortion debate has been heavily influenced by the pro-life
    movie "The Silent Scream". Now it turns out that the film's
    evidence is flawed. "CBS Morning News" showed the sonogram last
    week to five qualified obstetricians. They all denied that a
    12-week-old fetus could feel pain, react to the intrusion of 
    the suction tube, or open its mouth to "scream." Their most
    significant point was that, when the film claims the fetus is
    starting to struggle, it is actually only showing the speeding
    up of the film. One of the doctors said: "Any of us could show
    you the same image in a fetus who is not being aborted." If the
    anti-abortion case was as clear-cut as its publicists say, they
    wouldn't have to distort the evidence to make their point.
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 rod williams | pacific bell | san francisco
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