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- From: keegan@acm.rpi.edu (James G. Keegan Jr.)
- Subject: Re: Late-term abortion
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:20:04 GMT
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- ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) writes:
- ->Many people have made compelling arguments against banning late-term
- ->abortions, and so I'm not going to propose any such thing. However,
- ->neither do I see as justifiable any abortion which deliberately kills
- ->a late term and viable fetus when alternatives exist.
-
- what you see as justifiable isn't important unless
- you're willing to impost your opinion on others, which
- it appears that you are.
-
- ->What I would like to see are laws that allow a woman to terminate a
- ->pregnancy at any time, but requires that an attempt be made to save
- ->the life of the fetus when practical and when it does not place the
- ->mother at great additional risk. Granted, this may not always be
- ->possible, but when it is, it should be required.
-
- ->What punishment? I'd consider a deliberate killing of a fetus to be
- ->manslaughter, with the penalties appropriate to that crime. And yes,
- ->that does mean throwing the would-be mother in jail should she be so
- ->convicted. While putting mothers in jail sounds nasty, I don't think
- ->that women should be treated like children just because they are
- ->pregnant. I expect _equal_ justice under the law.
-
- you sound terribly confused. two paragraphs back you
- say you'd like to see "laws that allow a woman to
- terminate a pregnancy at any time." then, in the
- previous paragraph you indicate you'd imprison women
- for having abortions. in order to imprison those women,
- ray, you'd have to make it a crime to have an abortion.
-
- so which is it: do you want to legislate against some
- abortions?
-
-