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I am not in favor of abortion for purposes of birth control but in cases of maternal health or severe fetal disability, YES. (I know, what is a "severe disability", another legal can of worms).

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PARENTS OF GIRL WITH TWO HEADS MAY SUE HOSPITAL

HONGKONG -

The parents of a girl born with two heads have threatened to sue a hospital because they claim doctors did not tell them the mother was carrying an abnormal foetus.

They claim that the doctors were more interested in gaining professional kudos from attempting any subsequent complex surgery to possibly remove one of the heads.

The child was born on Oct 21 at Tangxia Central Hospital, Zhejiang province, and is still receiving hospital care.

No operation has been proposed, but the parents are reportedly planning to sue the hospital on the grounds it put doctors' careers ahead of their interests in concealing knowledge of the deformity.

A doctor at Tangxia Central Hospital, who wished to remain anonymous, said an ultrasound examination suggested the presence of twins.

When the mother was examined at another hospital earlier, she was told she might be carrying an abnormal foetus, the South China Morning Post reported.

However, the Tangxia doctors should have been able to determine that the woman was in fact carrying a deformed foetus, according to a doctor at Beijing United Family Hospital.

In the fifth month of pregnancy, doctors at Tangxia Central Hospital eventually confirmed the woman was carrying an abnormal foetus and agreed to her request for an abortion, it was alleged.

However, in subsequent visits, doctors repeatedly told the parents they were no longer sure.

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), December 11, 2000

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The article above is from The Strait Times, Singapore, Dec 11, 2000.

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), December 11, 2000.