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Margaret Maxey, Bioethicist
Jim Muckerheide wrote:
>Confirming Bernie's conclusion, Dr. Margaret Maxey, Bioethicist, has
recently
>stated in a paper to be presented at the Wingspread Radiation Conference
>sponsored by the Council of Scientific Society Presidents":
>"Ethical Travesties: [...] (1) fear of bearing a "nuclear mutant" led
100,000 European women to
>choose unnecessary abortions after Chernobyl; (2)
Knowing how statistics are thrown around in both pro- and anti-nuclear
debate, I always question numbers used by each side. While I find it easy
to believe that many european women chose elective abortions as a reuslt of
Chernobyl, how would anyone know how many had this procedure as a result of
nuclear fear? Are records kept on "reason for procedure" or is this merely
someone's estimate?
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Gary L. Schroeder
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Environmental Protection Office
gs1@bnl.gov