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- From: parker@ehsn21.cen.uiuc.edu (Robert S. Parker)
- Subject: Re: we are forcing women to destroy their babies!!!
- References: <1993Jan3.222640.8528@fuug.fi>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:01:29 GMT
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- an3329@anon.penet.fi writes:
-
- >Killing babies is wrong because they are human beings just like everyone
- >else. They didn't do anything wrong and killing them says a lot about the
- >way we treat each other. We should help pregnant women experience pregnancy
- >with dignity instead of having to get abortions because of circumstances
- >they can't control. We as a people are forcing pregnant women to destroy their
- >babies when we say a woman must turn to violence to keep her job or survive.
- >It sickens me to hear of pregnant women having to get abortions because
- >they didn't have the support system they needed to nurture and protect their
- >babies. That is the biggest injustice ever perpetrated on a woman. Turning
- >a blind eye to the plight of these women is cruel and inhuman treatment.
-
- Possibly, but in the mean time, it is even more cruel to force the women to
- carry to term and suffer the indecency of society.
-
- I assert that is it more important to avoid the suffering of *sentient* beings
- than to protect the life of a *non-sentient* being.
-
- >We will always remain a nation of violence when we say babies can be killed
- >because they can't be helped. We must never tell the weakest and smallest
- >members of society they must sacrifice their lives. We must never tell
- >pregnant women violence is their only solution. We must show our love and
- >compassion towards pregnant women and their babies, or we will never be
- >able to show our love towards other members of society.
-
- No one is saying that aboriton is the only solution. An *individual* may
- decide it is the best solution in her particular situation and her belief
- system. Another *individual* may decide to take a different solution even
- in a similar situation, and they should feel better that they *chose* what
- to do than to have it *forced* on them. We would like *all* members of
- society who find themselves in that situation to have the *choice* of
- abortion, to take or avoid as they choose.
-
- If we had the wonderful "support system" you dream about, then it is likely
- that no one would *want* an abortion. Until we have achieved that idealistic
- goal, banning abortion only forces suffering on members of society.
-
- -Rob
-