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- From: mills@uga.edu (Kathi Mills)
- Subject: Re: Jim, the chastity belt theory, and me, Part 1
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.230403.18492@rigel.econ.uga.edu>
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- Organization: University of Georgia Economics Department
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:04:03 GMT
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- > B.A. Schnaufer
- >> Ray Fischer
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- >>If there can be justifications for destroying life, then why can't
- >>there also be justifications for abortion?
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- >Because human life is stands apart from plant or animal life. Human life is
- >sacred. The legitimate purposes by which other forms of life can be taken
- >do not apply to human life. Human life is in a category entirely by itself.
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- On what basis do you draw this conclusion?
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- And what about those of us who do not believe anything is sacred, such as
- atheists and agnostics? Are we supposed to refrain from abortion because
- YOU think human life is "sacred"? Or are we allowed to have abortions,
- because to us, human life is not "sacred"?
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- Ferrari (mills@rolf.stat.uga.edu)
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