"To me , viability , sentience , the development of the nervous system and the brain , and the experience of pain in a fetus during the third trimester begin to mark the ethical boundaries . But those , too , as indicators , are not absolute . And the woman comes first . It 's between her and her physician . It 's not my job to judge whether she suffered appropriately enough or not ."
"You state `` the woman comes first `` . This seems to be your only `` absolute `` . Why does the woman come first ? Is it because she is fully developed ? Is she more important than the child she is carrying ?"
"It 's between her and her physician . It 's not my job to judge whether she suffered appropriately enough or not ."
"You state `` the woman comes first `` . This seems to be your only `` absolute `` . Why does the woman come first ? Is it because she is fully developed ? Is she more important than the child she is carrying ?"