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- From: sfm@manduca.neurobio.arizona.edu (Stephen Matheson)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Pro-choicers must condone infanticide
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.212832.10957@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 21:28:32 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.104329.21553@hemlock.cray.com>
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- Organization: University of Arizona UNIX Users Group
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- From article <1992Dec23.104329.21553@hemlock.cray.com>,
- by mon@cray.com (Muriel Nelson):
-
- > In article <1992Dec23.013411.7322@ncsu.edu>
- > dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
-
- >>There are factual differences between a late-term fetus
- >>and a newborn infant, but I have not heard any arguments
- >>from pro-choicers which would give *moral* weight to these
- >>facts. Thus I conclude that there is no moral difference
- >>between killing a newborn infant and killing a late-term
- >>fetus.
-
- > Doug, you've just asserted that there is no '*moral*
- > weight' involved in posing a possible threat to a woman's
- > life.
-
- He has?!? Where? He's talking about the existence of a
- "moral difference between killing a newborn infant and killing
- a late-term fetus." The interesting kernel of this debate is
- the fact that some might conclude that there is no such moral
- distinction, apart from the involvement of other persons. Perhaps
- you'd be interested in addressing this.
-
- > If you are in a charitable mood this holiday
- > season, perhaps you could share with us the true details
- > of what women have done to you, to cause these hateful
- > feelings.
-
- Hateful feelings. Hateful feelings. Oh boy. The old misogyny
- pre-emptive strike. Muriel, go ahead and take Doug on. He ain't
- so bad. You might find that your intellectual skills are sufficient
- to enable you to make a meaningful contribution to the discussion.
- And I'm interested in what you might have to say.
-
- --
-
- Steve Matheson Program in Neuroscience University of Arizona
- sfm@neurobio.arizona.edu
-