Thursday, August 25, 2005
The editor-in-chief of JAMA is receiving hate mail after publishing the article on fetal pain
"The editor of a medical journal that published an article this week saying fetuses likely don't feel pain until late in pregnancy said Thursday she has received dozens of angry e-mails from abortion opponents.
Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, editor in chief of The Journal of the American Medical Association, said she had to take a walk around the block after receiving dozens of 'horrible, vindictive' messages.
'One woman said she would pray for my soul,' DeAngelis said. 'I could use all the prayers I can get.' DeAngelis said she is a staunch Roman Catholic and strongly opposes abortion, though she also supports women's right to choose.
'Your license should be stripped,' DeAngelis said, reading aloud from the 50 or so e-mails that came to her office. 'You're hypocrisy,' 'You should get a real job,' 'Eternity will definitely bring justice for you,' others wrote."
"The editor of a medical journal that published an article this week saying fetuses likely don't feel pain until late in pregnancy said Thursday she has received dozens of angry e-mails from abortion opponents.
Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, editor in chief of The Journal of the American Medical Association, said she had to take a walk around the block after receiving dozens of 'horrible, vindictive' messages.
'One woman said she would pray for my soul,' DeAngelis said. 'I could use all the prayers I can get.' DeAngelis said she is a staunch Roman Catholic and strongly opposes abortion, though she also supports women's right to choose.
'Your license should be stripped,' DeAngelis said, reading aloud from the 50 or so e-mails that came to her office. 'You're hypocrisy,' 'You should get a real job,' 'Eternity will definitely bring justice for you,' others wrote."
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Considering the source of the article in question, and the multitude of observations of neonatologists, pediatric cardiologists, and others' observations of severely pre-term infants (as early as 22 weeks) and their response to the stimuli they receive during their care, the conclusions of the article are extremely suspect. It should not have been admitted to JAMA.
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: 12:16 AM
#1- What he (Anon above) said.
#2- This is "hate mail"??? "You should get a real job!" That will take years of therapy to get over.
#3- They did not disclose that one of the authors was a former NARAL worker, yet this was deemd insignificant. Imagine if the article had come to the opposite conclusion and one of the authors were a radical pro-lifer.
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#2- This is "hate mail"??? "You should get a real job!" That will take years of therapy to get over.
#3- They did not disclose that one of the authors was a former NARAL worker, yet this was deemd insignificant. Imagine if the article had come to the opposite conclusion and one of the authors were a radical pro-lifer.
