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Article: Abortion remains a live issue. (ethical aspects of abortion in Europe)
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- The Hastings Center Report
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- September 1, 1991
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With this issue we are pleased to welcome as a regular correspondent to the Report Richard H. Nicholson, a pediatrician who qualified at Oxford University but no longer practices, and now edits the Bulletin of Medical Ethics. Dr. Nicholson's commentary on bioethics in Europe will appear twice annually.
When going into hospital to have an abortion, Dorothy Parker is reported to have said:
It serves me right for putting aH my eggs in one bastard. " A few women on both sides of the Atlantic may still regard abortion as lightly as Miss Parker, but for most it remains a subject of great concern and debate. While developments since the Webster decision may ...