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Volume 359:2484-2485 December 4, 2008 Number 23
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Physicians and the First Amendment
Gregory D. Curfman, M.D., Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D., Michael F. Greene, M.D., and Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D.

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In the November elections, the citizens of three states resoundingly defeated initiatives aimed at curtailing reproductive rights. In Colorado, a proposed amendment to the state's Constitution would have given the same legal rights to fertilized eggs as to living persons. This amendment, which was rejected by a wide margin, would have had broad ramifications for abortion rights, the use of contraceptive agents, and stem-cell research. In California, a parental notification proposition backed by antiabortion forces was also rejected. In South Dakota, a ballot measure that would have effectively banned all abortions in the state was defeated, as was a similar . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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This article (10.1056/NEJMe0809669) was published at www.nejm.org on November 19, 2008.



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