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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Darcy and viability as important dividing line.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.085744.20915@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <34655@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <1992Dec28.163431.18194@rotag.mi.org> <1992Dec28.173956.24228@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 08:57:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.173956.24228@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec28.163431.18194@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org
- >(Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >
- >}Before viability, I would oppose all attempts to restrict abortion, purely
- >}on Constitutional grounds. After viability, I would allow the legality of
- >}"normal" abortions to be decided by popular mandate. So, you see, although
- >}I don't happen to support any abortion restrictions, viability is still a
- >}crucial dividing line for me.
- >
- >Uh, this crucial, important dividing line. When is it?
-
- It is statistically determined, for the most part.
-
- >How can it
- >be detected? Can doctors detect it? Can hospitals? Can you detect
- >it at home?
-
- I understand that there ARE some tests which can help whether a given fetus
- is viable or not, but I couldn't tell you what they are or what they involve.
- I doubt that they could be performed "at home", though. You're the one with
- all of the medical contacts, aren't you, Galen? Why don't you ask them
- instead of me? You're more likely to get a definitive answer that way.
-
- >At whose definition of "viability" would you begin to
- >allow abortion restrictions, not support, just allow?
-
- What definitions exist? If you'll present me with some definitions of
- "viability", I'll tell you which one(s) I would accept.
-
- - Kevin
-