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- From: Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com>
- Subject: Re: Roe v. Wade and abortion
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- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.202141.22127@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:21:41 GMT
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- In <Sep14.175603.40278@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> sa114984@longs.lance.colostate.edu (Steven Arnold) writes:
- > In article <1992Sep12.225124.20051@watson.ibm.com>, margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larr
- > |> In <Sep12.082914.20657@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> sa114984@longs.lance.colost
- > |> >
- > |> > If reaction to stimuli is the criterion for sensation, then unborn
- > |> > children have sensations quite early in pregnancy.
- > |>
- > |> No, it's not. Sensation is "the power or process of receiving conscious
- > |> sense impressions through direct stimulation of the bodily organism or of
- > |> the sense organs". Consciousness is one criterion. Of course a fetus
- > |> reacts to stimuli. So does a paramecium. Big deal.
- >
- > In your humble opinion, does a newborn have sensations?
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- In my opinion, yes. A first or second trimester fetus can not.
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- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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