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- From: dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: Cough Man's hypocrisy
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.232948.17241@ncsu.edu>
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- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Aug27.213923.7964@rigel.econ.uga.edu> <1992Aug30.172801.7718@ncsu.edu> <BttGE0.L16.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 23:29:48 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- In article <BttGE0.L16.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
-
- >dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
-
- >>mills@uga.edu (Kathi Mills) writes:
-
- >>> Therefore, EVERY state may enact legislation requiring a physician to
- >>> attempt to preserve the life of a fetus that is 24 weeks' gestation or
- >>> older.
-
- >> No, this is not correct either. Legislation to require a physician to
- >> employ the abortion technique which would provide the best opportunity
- >> for the fetus to be aborted alive was struck down by the Supreme
- >> Court in Colautti v. Franklin (1979).
-
- > Kathi's statement is correct.
-
- No, it is not correct.
-
- > As more than one person has pointed out, Colautti
- > v. Franklin struck down the law because it was vague, not because
- > the prohibition was unconstitutional.
-
- Where are we disagreeing?
-
- As I said above, the Court "struck down" legislation to require
- a physician to employ the abortion technique which would provide
- the best opportunity for the fetus to be aborted alive. Therefore
- Ms. Mill's statement is not correct.
-
- >Susan
-
-
- Doug Holtsinger
-
- "My logic is based on ... a religious perspective which says
- that personhood begins at birth (actually a month after birth if
- we want to be precise)..."
- -- Gloria Feldt,
- chief executive, Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona
-
- "I see nothing extreme or reprehensible about this statement."
- -- garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) <BtnDAw.Iwo.2@cs.cmu.edu>
-