Dr. Alan Fleishmann, New York specialist in the care of newborns, told London Standard correspondent Jeremy Campbell:
“The fetus is being looked upon as a patient now. This is a big difference and it has come about suddenly… This has increased the moral standing of the unborn. It has changed the way we think about abortion. People will decide that the fetus has a moral status as early the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. That is when we can do a biopsy, screen for genetic defects. Irregular heartbeats and vitamins deficiencies can be corrected at 15 weeks.
Legs of preborn baby at 14 weeks
The question now is, if some fetuses have the same rights as a patient, shouldn’t all fetuses have those rights?”
Mary Kenny Abortion: The Whole Story (London: Quartet Books, 1986) 295
