Dr. Karena Hanley:

Having been in medical practice in this country for 27 years, I have witnessed really tragic situations where a woman has lost her life through failure to terminate a pregnancy in time. I am so pleased to see the evolution of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, which has clarified this area. We would leave the actual medical decisions to our obstetrics colleagues. It is heartening to have witnessed women actually being safer because of the development in legislation and the debate over the past 20 years.