Callahan D
Hastings Cent Rep. 1986 Feb;16(1):33-42.
Since the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, medical and scientific developments have focused greater public and professional attention on the status of the fetus. Their cumulative effect may influence legal, social, and moral thought and set the stage for a change in public opinion and a challenge to legalized abortion. There is as yet no inexorable convergence of medical data and legal opinion that would undermine the rational of Roe v. Wade. But the prochoice movement must find room for an open airing of the moral questions if abortion is to remain what it should be--a legally acceptable act.
自1973年最高法院做出堕胎合法化的裁决以来，医学和科学的发展使公众和专业人士更加关注胎儿的地位。它们的累积效应可能会影响法律、社会和道德观念，并为公众舆论的转变以及对堕胎合法化的挑战奠定基础。目前，医学数据和法律观点尚未出现必然的趋同，从而削弱罗诉韦德案的合理性。但是，如果堕胎要保持其应有的状态——一种法律上可接受的行为，支持选择派运动就必须为公开讨论道德问题留出空间。
