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- From: dking@raul.nas.nasa.gov (Dan King)
- Subject: Re: Legal Questions
- References: <1992Aug31.142638.11974@advtech.uswest.com> <nzhn-zf.ray@netcom.com> <siyemop@Unify.Com> <1992Sep1.204314.19152@pwcs.stpaul.gov> <afxewrq@Unify.Com>
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 00:14:47 GMT
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- Reply-To: dking@raul.nas.nasa.gov (Dan King)
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- sp>In article <afxewrq@Unify.Com> sean@Unify.com (Sean P. Curley) writes:
- cl>In article <1992Sep1.204314.19152@pwcs.stpaul.gov>, chrisl@stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman) writes:
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- cl> If it is a person at conception, do we charge the woman with involuntary
- cl> manslaughter if it fails to implant? Just for your information, about 1/3
- cl> of all products of conception fail to implant and get washed out during
- cl> menstration. Just a little reality check here...
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- sp>Failure to implant and those 1/3 failures after conception you are talking about are
- sp>most often from no fault of the woman, in which case she can not be blamed.
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- This not entirely true. Many activitys of the woman can decrease her chances
- of implanting and increase her chances of miscarriage. A high stress job,
- strenuous exercise, poor diet, heavy drinking or drug intake can all lead to
- high risk for the zygote/embryo. Should a woman be forced by law to take
- the necessary precautions to ensure the zygote or embryo have the maximum
- opportunity for life? Should women who are fertile and sexually active be
- forbidden from high stress jobs, strenuous exercise, poor diet, or heavy
- drinking and drug intake? There is no way of knowing how many zygote
- needlessly died during the women's events at the recent Olympics. We do
- know that the risk to any zygotes increased because we allowed the women
- to perform at the Olympics. Any that died during this time were clearly
- the women's fault. She killed human life just for a chance at Olympic
- medal. We allow women to seek fame and fortune at the expense of human
- life. We allow women to put their profession, if it requires high stress
- or physical exertion to come before the protection of human life. Do
- women police officers during their fertile years bother you?
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- >Sean P. Curley (sean@Unify.Com) Unify Corporation
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- Dan King
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