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- From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
- Subject: Re: Spoken Like a True ProLifer
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- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 02:15:28 GMT
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- In <C05Bpu.GLE@news.cso.uiuc.edu> vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu () writes:
- >margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis) writes:
- >
- >>In <C04w4u.CBs@news.cso.uiuc.edu> vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu () writes:
- >>>That's not a fetus.
- >
- >>Right - in most abortions, it's an embryo, not yet a fetus.
- >
- >Document this.
-
- I just did - see my discussion with Steve Matheson.
-
- >>>Don't put words into my mouth. Having sex and getting pregnant are not crimes.
- >>>They are, however, actions that an adult must deal with like an adult.
- >
- >>Abortion is one way of dealing with an unwanted pregnancy.
- >
- >Abortion is a way of avoiding being a mature adult
-
- In your opinion, of course. Ignoring an unwanted pregnancy until a baby
- pops out is a way of avoiding being a mature adult; dealing responsibly
- with the situation (whether that means aborting, or making plans for a
- baby) is being a mature adult. (In my opinion.)
-
- >>>Don't call it a fetus because I doubt you know what a fetus really is.
- >
- >>Well, *I* think I do; what do *you* think a fetus is?
- >
- >A fetus is the prenatal stage of a species in which the unborn offspring
- >begins to take on the basic physical characteristics of its post birth
- >form. In humans this occurs approximately 8 weeks after fertilization.
- >
- >Would you like anything more specific?
-
- Yes - why shouldn't we call a fetus a fetus?
-
- >I now know you don't know anything about prenatal development.
-
- You conclude this because I prefer to use the more accurate terms?
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- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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