Posted on 8/25/2005, 4:53:33 PM by Mike Bates
The editor of a medical journal that published an article this week saying fetuses likely don't feel much pain until late in pregnancy says she has received dozens of angry e-mails from abortion opponents.
Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, editor in chief of The Journal of the American Medical Association, said Thursday she had to take a walk around the block after receiving dozens of "horrible, vindictive" messages.
"One woman said she would pray for my soul," said DeAngelis said Thursday. "I could use all the prayers I can get." She said she is a staunch Roman Catholic and strongly opposes abortion, though she also supports women's right to choose.
Critics said the article in Wednesday's JAMA was a politically motivated attack on proposed federal legislation that would require doctors to provide fetal pain information to women seeking abortions when fetuses are at least 20 weeks old, and to offer women fetal anesthesia at that stage of the pregnancy. A handful of states have enacted similar measures.
One of the five authors of the article is a University of California, San Francisco obstetrician who works at an abortion clinic and a second author — a UCSF medical student and lawyer — worked for several months at the advocacy group NARAL Pro-Choice America.
DeAngelis said JAMA will publish properly submitted critics' comments in an upcoming edition and will give the authors a chance to respond. But she stood by her decision to publish it.
"There's nothing wrong with this article," DeAngelis said. "This is not original research. This is a review article," based on data in dozens of medical articles by other researchers.
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'Splain that to me again.
"She said she is a staunch Roman Catholic and strongly opposes abortion, though she also supports women's right to choose."
These murderers are walking contradictions.
Well following the logic the left will use, then if I was to have some type of weird disease where I could not feel pain (and I seem to recall there is some type of condition that does affect people to this level somewhat), then it's okay to kill me because if I can't feel it, my death doesn't count. Yep, I get it now (right).
Any study based on a collection of previous, disparate studies can lead to only two conclusions:
The one you want and:
The conclusion that such efforts are a waste of time.
Yeah, like supporting the troops but opposing the war.
CINO
""One woman said she would pray for my soul," said DeAngelis said Thursday. "I could use all the prayers I can get." She said she is a staunch Roman Catholic and strongly opposes abortion, though she also supports women's right to choose."
Why not teach women to CHOOSE not to get pregnant if they do not want to be Pregnant.
All this talk about empowering women is such crap if they insist on pretending like women who get pregnant are VICTIMS of something beyond their control.
1. By counsel. I.e., "I think you should have an abortion; go ahead and have the abortion. It will help preserve your lifestyle."
2. By command. I.e., Telling your child, your friend, or your co-worker, "Have an abortion, you may lose your job if you don't."
3. By consent. I.e., "If you and your partner feel it's the best thing, go ahead and have a sexual relationship, get married.even if you're both of the same sex, etc. It's nobody's business."
4. By provocation. I.e., "Have the abortion! Aren't you in charge of your own life. The Pope is old and sick and who cares what he says anyhow."
5. By praise or flattery. I.e., "Oh, Senator, you are so courageous and kind in defending a woman's 'right' to an abortion."
6. By concealment. I.e., The pastor allows the senator, judge, president, etc. who has voted for, or otherwise promoted, abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, same-sex marriage, etc. to appear to be in good standing, when, in fact, they have caused grave public scandal by their actions. When the sin is public, the redress must be public. Although, I don't disagree with the courageous bishops who would deny such persons Communion, I do believe that the "confrontation" should take place, without question, long before they arrive at the altar rail.
7. By participation. I.e., "I'll drive you to the clinic. You need that abortion to be able to continue your lifestyle."
8. By silence. I.e., You refuse to speak out against what is a clear violation of human rights, an incredible persecution and prejudice against a class of human beings (the unborn). You hide behind the Supreme Court's unjust and inherently illicit decision on abortion, saying it's the law of the land, when in fact it is the subversion and perversion of authentic law. The Nazi SS officers tried for war crimes used a similar defense, saying they were only following orders. They hung them, guilty as charged! 9. By defense of the evil. I.e., "It prevents child abuse by eliminating unwanted children; Women are more in charge of their lives, more liberated; it's so much more sophisticated and educated a thing to do., "etc. etc.
Some more:
"DeAngelis said the obstetrician's experience is not a conflict because performing abortions is often part of that job. She said she would have published the medical student's NARAL connection as a potential conflict of interest had she known about it in advance, but that not mentioning it does not mean that the article or journal are biased."
"DeAngelis said she attends Mass at least weekly and is also a Eucharistic minister, which allows her to administer communion to fellow Catholics."
How can someone like this expect to be taken seriously?
ping
The death of an unborn child. That's why they won't say it.
That’s interesting. She’s upset over “horrible, vindictive *messages*.”
Haha. Honey, you’re playing around with things that are eternal in nature – but you’re upset over nasty messages. There’s something a tiny bit weird about that.
She is also apparently schizophrenic.
Insane troll logic.
Why aren't they "friends of the unborn"?
For the same reason that they're "anti-choice." The MSM has decreed it.
Kerry-speak
Guess what? She's a friggin pediatrician.
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