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- From: rpitts@cerl.gatech.edu (Richard Pitts)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion,talk.politics.misc,talk.religion.misc,misc.legal
- Subject: Re: When will We See the Changes in the Stats...
- Message-ID: <81867@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 14:18:37 GMT
- References: <1993Jan23.231931.29900@wetware.com> <14063@optilink.COM> <1k2qdfINN1m0@gap.caltech.edu>
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- In article <1k2qdfINN1m0@gap.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer) writes:
- >>Isn't it amazing how the same crowd that doesn't see a nine month
- >>fetus as human, thinks it's suddenly "real people" after the
- >>umbilical chord is cut?
- >
- >One has to draw the line somewhere. Since there is no societal consensus
- >(in the USA), at this point one is free to draw the line where one wishes.
-
- Or is drawing the line "somewhere" like a hunter going hunting and
- shooting at anything that moves in the trees, even though he can't
- make out what it is?
-
- He could say, "well I don't know if what is there is a deer or not." Yet,
- I'd dare say the hunter would be HELD RESPONSIBLE for killing a man,
- who was in the trees. Yet, some say I don't know if it is a person
- or not, so I'll draw the line at birth and anything before that is unknown
- and so I'm not responsible. Does lack of knowledge justify an overt act? NO.
-
- As far as a societal consensus goes, I think most people believe that
- the unborn is a person. However, they are willing to let SOMEONE ELSE (not
- themselves) decide to terminate a pregancy for some supposed goal
- or achievment that is "needed" or required as seen by the other person.
-
- Sincerely,
- Richard Pitts
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