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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: Why pro-choicers must argue that a fetus is not a person
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.205537.13345@ncsu.edu>
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- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
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- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:55:37 GMT
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- In article <1daphqINN531@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>
- frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes>
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- >dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes>
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- >> There are several thousand abortions performed after the 21st week
- >> of pregnancy; many of these children are killed because they are
- >> simply retarded or handicapped. It makes no sense to allow these
- >> children to be killed before birth, but not after birth.
-
- > Evidence?
-
- I don't have the stats in front of me, but the CDC reports
- that several thousand abortions occur annually after the
- 21st week of pregnancy, which is not far away from viability.
- I don't have exact numbers on the number of retarded
- or handicapped children that are killed, but does it
- really make a difference to you?
-
- >> And, while a non-viable child will die if the child is simply
- >> removed from the womnb, it does not follow that a person should
- >> have the right to kill them. The right to kill does not logically
- >> follow from the right to refuse bodily support. I don't have
- >> the right to kill a dying person.
-
- > Yes you do. Have you given blood today?
-
- How is refusing to give blood 'killing'?
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- >Frank.ODwyer@ap.mchp.sni.de
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- Doug Holtsinger
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