Dr. North announced that they would use a Pfannenstiel approach. "She may be crazy," he said, "but we should at least give her a cosmetic scar." The Pfannenstiel approach was an abdominal incision, transverse across the belly, just slightly above the mons pubis. It was a standard Cesarean section approach. It was also referred to as the "bikini" approach, because the scar was cosmetically nice, and wouldn't be noticeable on the body of a woman wearing a bikini.           The bikini approach in this court-ordered "therapeutic abortion" seemed incongruous to Ned. He idly twisted at a tuft of hair while he gazed down at the icy, distorted face of the woman twisting and struggling in arm restraints. He'd tried to read up something in the textbooks to describe therapeutic abortions, but there just wasn't anything written. He thought back in contrast to the tears of joy that he'd seen in the eyes of new mothers when they first saw their newborn child. This lady gazed vacantly at the ceiling while her lips mouthed unspoken words. He tried to introduce himself, to establish some kind of rapport. "Ma'am, ma'am?" He touched her shoulder. "I'm Dr. Crosby." She started and glanced coldly at his touching hand. Then a multitude of incongruous emotions suppressed by drugs rippled across her face as she turned back to a noiseless conversation with the ceiling. "I've got to listen to your heart and lungs, ma'am, take your blood pressure ... you know, to make sure everything's safe before surgery." For more of this chapter <Click here>