A woman's body: science vs sentiment - Let's cut the politically correct and feminist claptrap ...

The recent statements by Minister Lisa Hanna concerning a woman's reproductive health has revived my concerns about public ignorance, even among the very educated, on the basics of what constitutes 'a woman's body'. It is pardonable for the layperson, even if very educated, to believe and contend that the unborn is part of the pregnant woman's body. When a reputable medical practitioner holds that belief and argues accordingly in public, the situation is grave. Dr Errol Daley, gynaecologist and former president of the Medical Association of Jamaica, seemingly believes and definitely argued on CVM's Question Time (Wednesday, September 10, 2003) that the unborn baby is a part of the mother's...