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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Slavery and abortion
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.141748.11987@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1993Jan2.215728.28943@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1993Jan3.033806.10827@rotag.mi.org> <1993Jan3.061908.21508@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 14:17:48 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan3.061908.21508@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan3.033806.10827@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >
- >[Deletions, merciful deletions]
- >
- >>Galen, I can easily pay a medical drone to tell me whether a given fetus
- >>is "viable" or not, according to the accepted and universal medical
- >>definitions.
- >
- >I know I've said this before, but I guess I'll have to say it again.
- >Kevin, there is no "accepted and universal medical definition[s]" of
- >viability. We have guidlines. We can say, with a resonable amount of
- >surety, that some fetuses are viable, and some are not. In between
- >these two points is a rather large grey area in which the fetus
- >*might* be viable, if it gets lucky, and if it happens to be delivered
- >in a major metropolitan hospital with ready access to the latest
- >technology. We can say that the lower limit on viability is about 20
- >weeks, *if* you're willing to settle for an infant that may survive,
- >but is permanently and severely handicapped, and may well require
- >permanent intitutionalization. We can say that after about 26 weeks,
- >there is a resonable chance of a relatively normal child being
- >discharged, with 6-8 months of hospitalization first. And a few
- >relatively minor lifelong handicaps, quite likely.
- >Please don't try to rationalize this Kevin, just admit that you are
- >mistaken.
-
- I'll go along with whatever the Supreme Court's definition of "viability"
- is, Mark. This is not a matter of "right" or "wrong" or "correct" or
- "mistaken"; it's only a matter of what definition one chooses. I choose
- that one.
-
- The other so-called "issue", i.e. whether Kevin Darcy can detect the
- viability of a given fetus, is a diversion tactic, which has already
- exploited more of my time that it deserves.
-
- >>That's "two", not "too", I assume, and you're wrong -- I've accidentally
- >
- >Tsk Tsk Kevin, don't spelling flames come under what you describe as
- >"pointless ad hominen attacks"
-
- 1) Spelling flames are not, strictly speaking, ad hominems, unless one
- subscribes to the questionable theory that there is an absolute
- correlation between intelligence and spelling skills, which I don't.
-
- 2) Acknowledgement of a fairly obvious typo is NOT a "spelling flame"
- unless it is made in an inflammatory way, which the above was not.
-
- 3) Here's an example of a real spelling flame:
-
- You spelled "ad hominem" wrong, Markie Moron!
-
- - Kevin
-