Is guilt a useless emotion? Not at all, says the author. Guilt is cousin to remorse; it is the emotion that helps us know our frailties; it is “a guardian of our goodness.”
Recent laws prohibiting or restricting fetal experimentation are illogical, precipitous, and certain to increase the human suffering they seek to avoid, argue the authors. This article examines the dilemma. There follows on page 71 a report on a related issue, raised by the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin for manslaughter in connection with an abortion.