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- From: gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis)
- Subject: Don't Call Me Scientifically Illiterate! (was Re: Badges of Honor)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.021825.10027@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 02:18:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep10.003234.17030@csus.edu> chaneysa@nextnet.csus.edu (Stephen A Chaney) writes:
- }In article <1992Sep2.223616.17088@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis) writes:
- }>In article <nyikos.715464590@milo.math.scarolina.edu> nyikos@math.scarolina.edu
- }>(Peter Nyikos) writes:
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- }>} ...but a fetus is not part of her body...
-
- }>Just when you think you have things figured out. Doggone it Peter,
- }>where do you suppose those little buggers are?
-
- }Question, Galen:
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- }What part of a woman's body leaves her in childbirth?
-
- }If the answer leans largely to "none," maybe because a woman's body
- }does not have:
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- }4 arms.
- }4 legs.
- }2 hearts.
- }2 brains.
- }2 different blood types.
-
- }Until those 5 facts change, anyone who says a fetus is part of a
- }woman's body, is scientifically illiterate.
-
- Ok, ok... in a woman's body then. Sheee. The things I have to do to
- not be called scientifically illiterate. That doesn't mean I agree with
- you Steve, I just don't want to be (shudder) scientifically illiterate.
-
- Somehow this all ties in... I guess..
-
- Look Steve, I already believe killing is wrong. I mean that much isn't
- even a secret from my congresscritters, and I am not exactly forthcoming
- with them. I don't doubt that a number of you folks sincerely believe
- that something new happens at conception or thereabouts. I don't
- challenge that either, except that I think it happens way before
- conception.
-
- So what more do you want from me? To say that a law would help?
- I don't think it will. It's that simple. I see neither the need
- for a law (not to mention an amendment) nor do I see the benefit
- of it. I've heard a lot of folks talk about being pro-life, but
- I've seen no uncoupling of the legislative effort from other things
- groups that claim to be pro-life do.
-
- I don't think "abortion" will ever be dealt with successfully through
- legislative or political action. It has been tried many times
- historically.
-
- Let me remind you that there is a hell of a lot of difference between
-
- "What if they gave a war and nobody came."
-
- and
-
- "What if they gave a war but made it illegal to come."
-
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- Galen Hekhuis UVa Health Sci Ctr (804)982-1646 gjh@virginia.edu
- I'm not into astrology. We Aries folk aren't fooled by stuff like that.
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