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- From: rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla)
- Subject: Re: The Silent Holocaust
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- References: <Nov.19.11.14.25.1992.12839@andromeda.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:18:44 GMT
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- In article <Nov.19.11.14.25.1992.12839@andromeda.rutgers.edu> hauk@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Keira E. Hauk) writes:
- > For all those out there who have had an abortion or are considering it: YOU
- >MADE THAT CHOICE BEFORE YOU GOT PREGNANT! Ok, excluding that small percentage
- >of rape victims who get pregnant. But for the majority, don't tell me about
- >your freedoms of choice. You made that choice the moment you had sexual
- >intercourse. What CHOICES did that baby have? And how can you tell me when
- >life begins? Can you prove to me that life doen't begin until birth? Can you
- >define life?
- No, nor do I have to.
- I'm not interested in philosophizing about "life." Fetuses don't have
- any of the characteristics that IMO make people valuable, so why
- whould I want to protect them.
-
- >What about the man. He's not always the one to push for the abortion. Doesn't
- >he have his choices also? Or do you also want the right to control his sperm?
- Huh?
-
- >These are just few of my many thoughts...And I must note that I wouldn't be
- >able to voice these thoughts if my birthmother had opted to have an abortion
- >instead of giving me up for adoption in Bogota, Columbia!
- Irrelevant appeal to emotion.
-
- >Also, I am a woman, if that makes any difference to you.
- It doesn't.
- -Ekr
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