Is there, or could there be, anything more sacred than human life? How precious is our brief flowering or interlude between two eternities of oblivion. That is why the wisdom of ages has accorded to motherhood such deep and abiding respect.
Until now, that is. Last week I was examining a patient who was accused of having assaulted his girlfriend.
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