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At the Moment of Conception: Defining Life, Unraveling Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2004

SUSAN E. HERZ
Affiliation:
Susan E. Herz, J.D., M.P.H., is Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston

Extract

Since November 2, 2002, every state's abortion law has stood at risk of complete revision. With one easily overlooked sentence, federal regulators declared in October 2002 that effective the following month, states could make available healthcare coverage directly to organisms at the moment of conception.

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PERSPECTIVES
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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