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- From: aidler@sanjuan.UVic.CA (E Alan Idler)
- Subject: Re: Abortion, Caves, Galen (WAS Vegetarianism and abortion)
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- References: <aidler.726345716@sanjuan> <1993Jan6.201248.13355@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <aidler.726435845@sanjuan> <1993Jan8.174042.9791@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 06:23:42 GMT
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- mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
-
- >In article <aidler.726435845@sanjuan> aidler@sanjuan.UVic.CA (E Alan Idler) writes:
- >>Abortion *may* be a responsible medical treatment for
- >>a pregnancy.
- >>However, any decision needs to recognize that there
- >>are now two lives to consider and that the mother and
- >>father agree to some parental responsibility when they
- >>consent to sexual relations.
- >>
-
- >Unless you are going to claim that sperm and ovum are not alive, there
- >has never been a point in the process in which more then one life was
- >at issue.
-
- >However, given that only one of those lifes is capable of having an
- >opinion on the subject (the z/e/f can't. No brain, ya know?) and that
- >it is her body that is sustaining the z/e/f, the final choice in
- >abortion lies with the mother. You have yet to show any reason why
- >this should be changed.
-
- Any zygote has the *potential* to produce a unique child
- (unless you can prove otherwise -- not in general but for
- each one individually).
- Just because the child is not born shouldn't deprive
- him or her of all rights.
- The fact that he or she is in no position to object to his
- or her death does not give the other party total control
- of the situation.
- Even those tried in absentia are entitled to legal
- representation.
-
- A IDLER
-