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- From: rja@redwood26.cray.com (Russ Anderson)
- Subject: Re: "only 3 doctors ... perform third trimester abortions"
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.161533.11807@hemlock.cray.com>
- Originator: rja@redwood26
- Lines: 48
- Sender: rja@redwood26 (Russ Anderson)
- Organization: The 1991 World Champion Minnesota Twins!
- References: <1992Aug30.035846.40919@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 16:15:32 CDT
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- In article <1992Aug30.035846.40919@watson.ibm.com>, margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis) writes:
- > In <1992Aug29.180604.13845@ncsu.edu> dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- > >
- > > a) Mr. Margolis claims that only three doctors in the United
- > > States perform third trimester abortions, but 60 Minutes
- > > claims that only three doctors specialize in late-term
- > > abortions.
- > >
- > > b) The transcript does not support the claim of Mr. Margolis
- > > that these doctors perform abortions only for reasons of
- > > serious health problems.
- > >
- > > The transcript does not mention the source of Stahl's claim
- > > about the "three doctors". I may write to 60 Minutes to ask
- > > them for a source. It doesn't appear that Mr. Margolis is
- > > willing to track down the source.
- >
- > That's right - I'm not. As far as I know, it's true. If you can
- > list more doctors that perform third tri abortions, or you can
- > document for me cases of women getting third-trimester abortions
- > for "frivolous" reasons, I would of course change my tune. Unlike
- > some, I don't knowingly pass on lies.
-
- From the Minneapolis StarTribune, Sat Oct 26, 1991, p5B:
-
- ABORTION/ Doctor says saline method discarded
- [...]
- Saline solution is no longer used as an abortion technique,
- said Dr. Mildred Hanson, who does abortions in Minneapolis.
- "Nobody uses saline anywhere," she said. "It is accompanied
- by a risk of bleeding and also by a risk of some of that
- saline going into maternal circulation."
- [...]
- Today, abortions in the first trimester usually are by
- suction aspiration. Late-stage abortions are done by a
- surgical procedure.
-
- Only three or four doctors perform late-stage abortions,
- said Patricia Anderson with the National Abortion Federation.
- "There are a handful of third-trimester abortions that are
- done in instances of serious fetal anomalies or in the case
- of a pregnancy threatening a woman's life. And only under
- those conditions," she said.
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