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- From: jsue@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey L. Sue)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion,alt.abortion.inequity,soc.women,soc.men
- Subject: Re: Abortion and humanity
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.180147.15583@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:01:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov14.192117.13038@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> hatcher@MSUPA.PA.MSU.EDU writes:
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- >I'd say stupid statements like this are obvious
- >signs of fetal idolatry. Some (male) priest indoctrinated him into
- >the cult where the "unborn" are the defined as "life" itself and
- >women are mere vessels.
-
- Hmm... I don't remember knowing you in my "formative" years, but somehow
- you seem to think that you know where I get my values. Your prejudices
- are showing.
-
- >
- >Having crossed keyboards with him previously I'm left with the
- >impression that he's worried that fetuses/zygotes/embryoes are
- >being turned into "sub-class" humans, but doesn't worry about
- >grown women falling into such a catagory, because that's thier
- >place. (Ooooooh...putting on my asbetos suit now).
-
- How does this put women into a sub-class of humans? Merely because we
- don't want to destroy something valuable? I thought that our sphere of
- rights only extended as far the sphere of someone else's rights. Ok, you
- don't feel that "fetuses/zygotes/embryoes" have rights. Slave owners
- felt the same way. If you don't like the comparison to Nazis & slave owners,
- tough. These are *real* examples of where sub-classes of humans were taken
- to extreme measures.
-
- However you missed my point completely. If we allow for *any* sub-class
- of humans, we devalue our humanity to ourselves. I feel that this is a
- big mistake, witness the previous examples, as well as the growing racism
- and division in European countries (Arian nations, et. al.).
-
- >
- >-robert (hatcher@msupa.pa.msu.edu)
- >
- >PS. Jeffrey, I'm still waiting for those explict, concrete rules
- >under which you'd allow abortions. There must be some cases since
- >you keep professing that you're not out to abolish them. Your
- >guidelines should be less controversial than Roe v. Wade that
- >they replace, so that we can all end this silly little discussion
- >and get back to our fetal worship.
-
- I didn't say I'd disallow *any* abortions. Actually what I believe as
- a more positive approach for our society would be to build an attitude
- such that family, friends, institutions etc., will be willing to
- support the decisions, even if the a decision is to have an abortion.
-
- However I feel that some abortions would not be performed with a more
- supportive culture. Some abortions are performed, I believe, because
- the women involved would not be supported if they chose to carry the
- pregnancy to term. After the birth there are options available and
- many people willing to be parents, if that a young woman would choose not
- to keep the baby after birth. A nine-month stint of "pure hell" for
- pregnancy may seem drastic, however we have had millions of people die
- in wars fighting for what we "valued" - and that is much worse than 9 months.
-
- Yes, I personally feel that it's best to protect the fetus whenever
- possible because I feel that our society is hurt in inmeasurable ways
- by dismissing life so casually. I feel that the use of abortion as a
- means of birth control by some, instead of using other,
- less-destructive means, is not a positive thing for us. It's not
- "fetal worship" as you like to argue (but then you like to throw out
- inflammatory statements as if they add meaning to your arguments).
-
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- Jeff Sue
- - All opinions are mine - (and you can't have any, nya nya nya)
-