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- From: mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran)
- Subject: The emptiness of PHoneys mind, Part 12,000
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 23:21:22 GMT
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- In article <nyikos.727636098@milo.math.scarolina.edu> nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos) writes:
- >In <1992Dec05.075459.147819@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis) writes:
- >
- >>In <1992Dec4.221204.8117@midway.uchicago.edu>
- >>eeb1@quads.uchicago.edu (e elizabeth bartley) writes:
- >>>In article <Byq22y.y0@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- >>>rharlan@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Rick Harlan) writes:
- >>>
- >>>> We know now that the fetus is aware of his/her surroundings
- >>>>from a very early age, and reacts noticably to intrusions in its
- >>>>environment (such as from a doctor's instruments).
- >>>
- >>>Source, please?
- >
- >>Probably the old fluid dynamics idiocy - poke something at an object in
- >>a fluid (be it a fetus or a ping-pong ball) and it will move away from
- >>the probe.
- >
- >Tell that to the pediatricians and surgeons who now consider it unethical
- >to operate on a viable fetus in the womb without anestetizing it.
- >
- Can you cite a source that claims this to be a widespread feeling? Or
- is this just like DODie citing an example of a couple of individuals
- and claiming they representthe entire medical profession?
-
- >If nothing else, there is the sheer mechanics of the situation: unless the
- >fetus is anesthetized, it will very actively struggle.
- >
- As has been pointed out, so will an earthworm. The individuals
- invovled with intrautermine surgery that I have spoken to use
- anesthesia for this reason, and for the peace of mind of the parents.
-
- >This is just the latest example of our fractured view on fetuses: a
- >wanted unborn child is treated like a normal patient, while an unwanted
- >one is compared to a ping-pong ball.
- >
- No PHoney, a wanted fetus is treated in such a manner as wil best
- ensure that it may eventually become a patient. If you check charts,
- you will never find the fetus refered to as the patient, even during
- intrauterine surgery.
-
- >For more on the subject, see _Beyond Abortion_, by Suzanne Rini,
- >especially the chapter, "Abandonment of the Fetus as Patient and Client."
- >
- Anotehr biased source. Is this the same person who griped about
- pro-choicers citing statistics that might be remotely related to the
- Gutmacher institute? Can you say 'hypocrite'? I knew that you could...
-
- >Terrible. Close. Mind.
- >
- As fine a description of your attitudes as I have ever seen PHoney.
-
- --
- Mark Cochran merlin@eddie.ee.vt.edu
- These are the views of my employer, your employer, your government, the
- Church of your choice, and the Ghost of Elvis. So there.
- Member, T.S.A.K.C.
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