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AbortionVienna, W, Va. — lt;NC) -“There is. no doubt that social and economic reasons often dis- , guised as psychiatric indica-Sons, are now the prime justification for abortion,” according to Dr- Frank J. Ayd,Speaking at a meeting of Catholic doctors and lawyers at St Joseph Seminary here, Dr. Ayd asserted that “society sanctions destruction of the fetus so that the mother may have a better life or society may be rid of a potential burden.‘‘Thus, the socio-economicabortion is part of a search for happiness by the mother or going the fetus the right to life.”Dr. Ayd noted that the Judeo-Christian tradition teaches that man is the custodian of his body — not its owner. The use he makes of his body, the doctor said, is “limited and governed by the natural' law.” He said that proponents of abortion believe that man is theowner of his body and therefore think that a woman may decide “what should grow within her body and under what conditions.”The physician asserted that ifone agrees with this belief — that man is the owner and not the user of his body — then “valid arguments also can be advanced' by these people to justify suicide, euthanasia, mutiliation of the body, submission to dangerous human experimentation and other human actions which society now condemns.”Dr. Ayd' discussed the relaxed Colorado abortion law. He said that 40 of the 224 abortions performed in Colorado in the nine months following passage of the new law resulted in post-operative complications.Justif ication CriticizedM4eiety to be achieved by deny*
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Rochester Courier Journal
Rochester, New York, US
Fri, Jul 19, 1968
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