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- From: proberts@informix.com (Paul Roberts)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion,can.politics
- Subject: Re: Abortion, Caves, Galen (WAS Vegetarianism and abortion)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.055322.10777@informix.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 05:53:22 GMT
- References: <BzHG6H.Axr@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> <1992Dec24.180123.18424@informix.com> <1992Dec26.192858.5927@ncsu.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec26.192858.5927@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec24.180123.18424@informix.com>
- >proberts@informix.com (Paul Roberts) writes:
- >
- >> This argument ("I am against abortion because had my parents chosen it,
- >> I wouldn't be alive at all") would seem to apply equally well to
- >> contraception.
- >
- >Using your reasoning, the argument would apply equally well
- >to infanticide. And to killing persons in a coma. And to
- >killing persons while they are asleep.
-
- I am not sure I understand you point.
-
- Just to clarify mine:
-
- I think this argument ("I am against abortion because had my parents
- chosen it, I wouldn't be alive") is not convincing. After all, the
- parallel argument against contraception is just as good, but no-one
- in their right mind is against contraception.
-