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- From: hamilton@mothra.rose.hp.com (Steve Hamilton)
- Subject: Re: The issue is abortion, not choice
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:09:31 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.220432.23173@netcom.com>
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- Brian Kendig (bskendig@netcom.com) wrote:
- >hamilton@mothra.rose.hp.com (Steve Hamilton) writes:
- >>Brian Kendig (bskendig@netcom.com) wrote:
- >>>>
- >>>> Do you also support the right for the new mother of a two week old
- >>>> baby to terminate it's life? If not, why not?
- >>
- >>> Of course not! Because the mother can get rid of the infant by just
- >>> giving it up for adoption. When you balance the right of an infant to
- >>> live against the right of a mother to not be bothered, it's rather
- >>> obvious that the infant has quite a bit more at stake.
- >>
- >> Why does the infant have more at stake than the fetus.
-
- >Than the MOTHER, not the fetus. Read more carefully next time.
- My mistake, no need to get testy.
-
- >> You said the infant could be given up for adoption rather than
- >> killing it, couldn't the same thing be done for the fetus?
-
- >Nope, because if you remove a fetus from the mother's womb, it'll die.
- So will an infant die if not fed and kept warm.
-
- I guess my point is, why do we give a magical "right" to a baby outside
- the womb, and none to the baby in the womb. Our nation is skitzophenic(sp?)
- regarding the status of the fetus. On one hand, courts protect the fetus
- adding a murder sentence(in a case where a pregnant woman was also murdered),
- granting inheritance rights but on the other hand allow a woman to
- choose to kill her fetus(read baby).
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