![]() Wade, many maternal care doctors in restrictive states face the same stark choice: Stay or go? They know a lot is at stake for patients, too, due to current and projected widespread maternal care shortages in the U.S. Post-Roe, many maternal care doctors in restrictive states face the same stark choice: Stay or go? They must weigh tough questions about medical ethics, their own families and whether they can provide the best care without risking their careers or even winding up in prison. But they needed to be “where we felt that reproductive health care was protected and safe.” “Obviously it was a very difficult decision for me and my family," she said. Cooper felt “deeply saddened” she couldn’t care for her the way she normally would have.Īnd this is one of the reasons Cooper, a maternal-fetal specialist, moved in April to Minnesota, which has broad abortion rights. Wade in June, so Smith had to go to Washington state. But Idaho banned nearly all abortions after the U.S. Smith said she chose to end a desperately wanted pregnancy last year after discovering her fetus had potentially deadly heart defects and other problems. ![]() One who often comes to mind is Kayla Smith. Kylie Cooper chokes up thinking about the patients she left behind in Idaho. To learn more about the RHP collection, see our Maps and Plans guide and search the online catalogue.Dr. See our feature on Scottish Soldiers at Waterloo and read more about the History of our Buildings. The Iron Duke still stands guard where he was placed in 1852. Forty years later, the advent of trams led in 1890 to the screen wall being pushed back even further to its present position, while the steps were squared off. Their favoured design retained the distinctive curved corners of Adam's original design. The Register House trustees and their aristocratic allies got their way. To the screen wall of General Register House, 1849 A group of local shopkeepers and other Edinburgh citizens tried to have more drastic alterations made that would allow easier movement at the awkward corner with Leith Street.ĭetail of plan showing proposed alterations ![]() It was agreed that the wall needed to be moved closer to the building to make room for the sculpture. The position of the statue prompted a prolongued and bitter dispute over the screen wall in front of Register House. National Records of Scotland, GD45/26/116 Photograph of the Wellington Statue, 1852, His magnificent bronze sculpture is regarded as among the best of the duke, and one of his greatest works. In 1842 the commission went to John Steell, from Edinburgh, who depicted Wellington mounted on his favourite horse, Copenhagen, firmly but calmly directing his forces in battle. National Records of Scotland, RHP140625 The Iron Duke in bronze by Steell They also had a high regard for Wellington's military prowess and leadership, although they deplored his conservative politics.Įngraving of Steell's statue of Wellington, c.1852, Other landowners, who were their political opponents, contributed funds. The proposal for a public statue in Edinburgh was carried out by a committee of Tory landowners and supporters. ![]() ![]() Wellington's defeat of Napoleon was regarded as ensuring the freedom not only of Britain but of Europe in general. The old general, by then 83, was not present, but many veterans he commanded in the battle were there to hear him hailed as an outstanding British military hero. The statue of the Duke of Wellington outside Register House was unveiled in a highly patriotic ceremony on 18 June 1852, the thirty-seventh anniversary of his greatest victory at Waterloo. ![]()
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