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- From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
- Subject: Re: Late-term abortion
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.162305.15137@netcom.com>
- Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
- References: <1992Nov23.040702.22855@ncsu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:23:05 GMT
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- dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- >OK, let's use an example. Many late second-trimester abortions
- >are performed because the child is mentally retarded or physically
- >handicapped. The purpose of the abortion is to kill the child,
- >not to "terminate the pregnancy". Would you oppose restrictions
- >which would prevent a handicapped child from being purposely killed
- >during an abortion?
-
- Yes. I oppose all legal restrictions on abortion.
-
- It's all well and good here to say that a fetus shouldn't be killed if
- there's no better reason than just because it's handicapped, but how
- will you enforce this?
-
- How will you be able to tell when a woman just wants to abort a fetus
- because it's handicapped? If she tells you she has another reason --
- such as not being able to afford the hospital expenses, say -- will
- you tell her she's lying?
-
- And if a woman doesn't want to raise a handicapped baby, then most
- likely if you force her to give birth to it, she'lll put it up for
- adoption -- a far worse fate, in my opinion, and a greater burden on
- government to pay for caring for it.
-
- It may offend your sensibilities to see a woman terminating the life
- of a fetus with physical or mental defects, but the alternative,
- forcing her to give birth to it, seems far worse to me.
-
- --
- _/_/_/ Brian Kendig Je ne suis fait comme aucun
- /_/_/ bskendig@netcom.com de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire
- _/_/ n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent.
- / Nolite te bastardes Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins je suis autre.
- / carborundorum. -- Rousseau
-