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Sometimes, abortions go wrong, and the baby survives.(The Week ...)(Jodie Percival)(Brief article)
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National Review
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June 30, 2008
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Sometimes, abortions go wrong, and the baby survives. (What a sickening sentence.) That is what happened in England recently. Jodie Percival became pregnant with her third child, and, along with her fiance, decided to have an abortion. Her first child had died of kidney disease, and her second child is now afflicted with such disease. "I was on the pill when I became pregnant," Ms. Percival said. "Deciding to terminate at eight weeks was just utterly horrible, but I couldn't cope with the anguish of losing another baby." So she ...