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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: When will We See the Changes in the Stats...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.025931.7801@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1993Jan23.231931.29900@wetware.com> <14063@optilink.COM> <1k2qdfINN1m0@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:59:31 GMT
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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.
-
- Why? Many of us feel that abortion rights can be defended on grounds other
- than academic quibbles over fetal "personhood". The choice of where to draw
- this line is essentially an arbitrary one.
-
- >Since there is no societal consensus (in the USA), ...
-
- A broad, sweeping, unsubstantiable assertion. Since no National Referendum
- has been held on the issue, how in heavens name can you tell whether there
- is a "societal concensus" or not?
-
- - Kevin
-