The baby's life is never willfully destroyed because the mother's life is in danger.

A thousand people will stop smoking today. Their funerals will be held sometime in the next three or four days.

Health care is vital to all of us some of the time, but public health is vital to all of us all of the time

At a time when we are pleading with foreign governments to stop the export of cocaine, it is the height of hypocrisy for the United States to export tobacco.

The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.

Protection of the life of the mother as an excuse for an abortion is a smoke screen. In my 36 years of pediatric surgery, I have never known of one instance where the child had to be aborted to save the mother's life. If toward the end of the pregnancy complications arise that threaten the mother's health, the doctor will induce labor or perform a Caesarean section. His intention is to save the life of both the mother and the baby. The baby's life is never willfully destroyed because the mother's life is in danger.

There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together.