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- From: parker@ehsn21.cen.uiuc.edu (Robert S. Parker)
- Subject: Re: Spoken Like a True ProLifer
- References: <C04xGM.Cpz@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan1.055325.1509@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <C0CBty.n1y@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan4.181426.5588@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <C0FF9F.En8@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:04:22 GMT
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- vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu () writes:
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- >mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
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- >>In article <C0CBty.n1y@news.cso.uiuc.edu> vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu () writes:
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- >>>I freely admit that a preborn baby human being is not LEGALLY defined
- >>>as a "person". The moral and scientific evidence that it SHOULD be
- >>>defined as such has been beat to death already.
- >>>
- >>When? All I've ever seen is medical and scientific evidence that it is
- >>*not* a person. As in, not sentient etc. Care to show otherwise?
-
- >Is a newborn sentient?
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- Possibly not. (ask Doug Holtsinger)
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- > Is a person in a coma sentient?
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- Uncertain. I would say that they are not a "person". If you intentionally
- put someone into a permanent coma, I would say you have committed murder;
- you have ended their interactive life.
-
- > Is a sleeper
- >sentient?
-
- Sleeping is a natural unconscious state. The individual is still sentient.
-
- > Is a mentally retarded person sentient?
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- Most likely.
-
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- >If God himself plopped down in front of you and said abortion was wrong
- >you'd still find a way to ignore Him.
-
- But it would be a lot easier to ignore your secondhand claims that He came
- and told *you*.
-
- >> Mark Cochran merlin@eddie.ee.vt.edu
-
- >Edward Simmonds
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- -Rob
-