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Doctor testifies in abortion case that fetuses feel pain after 20 weeks
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| Last Edited | km Apr 06, 2004 02:53pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Boston Globe |
| News Date | Tuesday, April 6, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LINCOLN, Neb. -- A type of abortion banned under a new federal law would cause ''severe and excruciating'' pain to 20-week-old fetuses, a medical expert on pain testified Tuesday.
''I believe the fetus is conscious,'' said Dr. Kanwaljeet ''Sonny'' Anand, a pediatrician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He took the stand as a government witness in a trial challenging the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.
The act, which was signed by President Bush in November, has not been enforced because judges in Lincoln, Neb., New York and San Francisco agreed to hear evidence in three simultaneous, non-jury trials on whether the ban violates the Constitution.
Anand said fetuses show increased heart rate, blood flow and hormone levels in response to pain.
''The physiological responses have been very clearly studied,'' he said. ''The fetus cannot talk ... so this is the best evidence we can get.'' |
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