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- From: robinson@mdivax1.uucp (Jim Robinson)
- Subject: Re: Abortion, Caves, Galen (WAS Vegetarianism and abortion)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.195713.12558@mdivax1.uucp>
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 19:58:32 GMT
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- Mark A. Cochran (mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
- >In article <schuck.725651129@sfu.ca> Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca writes:
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- >>I understand perfectly well that within the womb the *functions* of
- >>breathing etc. are different.
- >>
- >No Bruce, the function is not different, the *structure* is different.
- >Thanks to the patent ductus arteriosus and the foramen ovale, the
- >structure and function of the heart are completly different.
- >Continue to deny the differences if you choose, but they do exist.
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- Without getting involved in the abortion issue itself, I was wondering if
- you could explain in lay terms (i.e., forget phrases like "foramen ovale")
- how the actual structure of the heart could change due to birth. This seems
- rather counter-intuitive.
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- Jim Robinson
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