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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: An End to the Sanctity of Human Life Argument
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.232351.15235@ncsu.edu>
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- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Dec31.120002.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> <1992Dec31.191949.27148@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Dec31.195635.8471@ncsu.edu> <1992Dec31.212418.17960@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 23:23:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.212418.17960@netcom.com>
- bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
- >dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
-
- >> The only people with political agendas are those
- >> who are inconsistent in their terminology. You
- >> should either stick to 'medically correct' terms,
- >> or use the terms 'woman' and 'child'.
-
- > The set of all things which can be called "pregnant women" is
- > identical to the set of all things which can be called "gravida", so
- > "pregnant woman" can be used interchangeably with "gravida" with no
- > ambiguity.
- >
- > The set of all things which can be called "embryo", "zygote", or
- > "fetus" is a subset of the larger set of all things which can be
- > called "children", so when you say "children" in reference to
- > abortions where you were really referring to a z/e/f, you're being
- > ambiguous.
-
- That's besides the point--the original poster suggested
- that people should use the 'medically correct' terminology
- when discussing abortion. The terms 'fetus' and 'gravida'
- are the medically correct terms for the child and woman
- involved. So why doesn't the poster use the term 'gravida'?
-
-
- > I'd say you're also being intellectially dishonest,
- > because most people who talk about "children being aborted" do so
- > intending to prey on peoples' emotions towards kids.
-
- Nope, people use the terms 'child' and 'woman' because it's
- consistent terminology. People use inconsistent terminology
- like 'fetus' and 'woman' in order to dehumanize the child and
- prey on peoples' emotions towards women.
-
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- >Brian Kendig
-
-
- Doug Holtsinger
-
-