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- From: mon@cray.com (Muriel Nelson)
- Subject: Re: Abortion, Caves, Galen (WAS Vegetarianism and abortion)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.115856.25977@hemlock.cray.com>
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- References: <1992Dec21.050552.130@ncsu.edu> <1992Dec21.175756.18186@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <aidler.725417859@sanjuan>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 11:58:56 CST
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- In article <aidler.725417859@sanjuan> aidler@sanjuan.UVic.CA (E Alan Idler) writes:
- >Physicians should be qualified to make some measure of the
- >relative (health) risks of continuing a pregnancy.
- >(However, much of this is a matter of professional *opinion*
- >and will always bea subject of dispute.)
- >
- >I have to disagree that the pregnant woman or her physician
- >alone have the right to terminate the life of the child.
- >The child has a right to life (and quality of life) that must
- >be balanced with the mother's right to life (and quality of
- >life).
- >
- So, if a few women more women lose their lives, or
- their 'quality of life' would that be more 'balanced'?
-
- >The child has *no* advocate and no voice -- yet faces grave
- >consequences. I would hope that the mother (and father)
- >is taking the child's interests into consideration, but
- >there is no guarantee. The physician only receives a fee
- >by performing the abortion and is, therefore, in no position
- >to be impartial.
- >
- >Therefore, the *only* way to provide an independent
- >ajudication of these rights and do the best for all considered
- >is to have the state provide an impartial tribunal to
- >evaluate the situation.
-
- This is not best for the woman. Even when her request
- is granted, she would be subjected to humiliating and
- demeaning inquisition by strangers who may not always
- have her best interests at heart.
-
- >Because there may be some urgency in the medical condition,
- >these procedures should procede fairly rapidly.
-
- What if 'fairly rapidly' is too slow, and the woman
- dies? What if facing a 'state tribunal' is too intimidating?
- Woulf you like to go back to the days of illegal, unsterile,
- or self-induced abortion?
-
- muriel
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