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Anesthesia
Evidence to support use of anesthesia during abortion researched
October 13th, 2005
Evidence to support the use of anesthesia during abortion was researched by scientists in the United States. "Proposed federal legislation would require physicians to inform women seeking abortions at 20 or more weeks after fertilization that the fetus feels pain and to offer anesthesia administered directly to the fetus," reported researchers from the University of California at San Francisco. "The article" by S. J. Lee and colleagues "examines whether a fetus feels pain and if so, whether safe and effective techniques exist for providing direct fetal anesthesia or analgesia in the context of therapeutic procedures or abortion." The authors...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-13)
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