51. Dr. James Andrew will perform the procedure. 52. Even if more doctors are taught abortion techniques, they say, social and political pressures will keep the vast majority of them from ever performing the procedure. 53. Fewer doctors will perform the procedure the later she goes into her pregnancy. 54. Fathers and maternal grandparents could sue for damages against the doctor who performed the procedure. 55. First, paramedics must know how to perform the procedure and be properly trained. 56. He agreed to perform the procedure, known as a tubal re-anastomosis, free of charge. 57. He also says he talks with prospective patients thoroughly before agreeing to perform any procedure. 58. He decided to perform the procedure himself when bad weather in Arkansas delayed the flight of a blacksmith the trainer had selected. 59. He performed the procedure in his office, allegedly without adequate resuscitative equipment or support personnel on hand. 60. He now says the procedure is performed far more often than his colleagues have acknowledged, and on healthy women bearing healthy fetuses. |