The first sentence in this article is incorrect when it refers to “a woman’s placenta.” A woman doesn’t have a placenta, nor does any other mammalian mother. The placenta is an organ of the fetus. The mother’s tissue ends at the uterus lining.
Bruce S. Sibbett San Bernardino, Calif.
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