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- From: parker@ehsn17.cen.uiuc.edu (Robert S. Parker)
- Subject: Re: Pro-choicers must condone infanticide
- References: <1992Dec22.203333.28731@ncsu.edu> <1992Dec22.234506.23392@ncar.ucar.edu> <1992Dec23.013411.7322@ncsu.edu> <1992Dec23.193014.13808@ncar.ucar.edu> <1992Dec24.002114.11825@ncsu.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 09:30:54 GMT
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- dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Dec23.193014.13808@ncar.ucar.edu>
- >kauff@neit.cgd.ucar.edu (Brian Kauffman) writes:
- >>dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >>>kauff@neit.cgd.ucar.edu (Brian Kauffman) writes:
-
- >>>> Do you really believe there are no significant distinguishing
- >>>> factors between a late-term fetus and an infant?! <y,n>
-
- >>> 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.
-
- >> It's your second try at it, but I still can't tell whether this is
- >> supposed to be a "yes" or "no" answer to my straight-forward question.
-
- >Your question is ambigious. By "significant distinguishing
- >factors", do you mean factual differences or moral differences?
- >I'll agree that there are factual differences between an
- >infant and a child in the womb, but no moral differences.
-
- I'd just like to point out that it is really not important that Doug Holtsinger
- does not consider there to be any moral differences between the born and the
- unborn; his attempted argument was that PRO-CHOICERS must, by their OWN
- reasoning, condone infanticide. Since it is the *pro-choice* reasoning he is
- saying must condone infanticide, his (Doug's) beliefs can not be used to back
- up his argument when it has been repeatedly shown that many pro-choice
- positions *can* and *do* distinguish between the born and the unborn and some
- can even disallow infanticide and allow late-term abortions without any
- inconsistency.
-
- >>-Brian
-
- >Doug Holtsinger
-
- -Rob
-