From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!bj Newsgroups: net.women Title: Re: Rational Argument Against Abortion Article-I.D.: yale-com.759 Posted: Mon Jan 31 21:02:18 1983 Received: Wed Feb 2 03:15:36 1983 References: ihnp1.163 That was an excellent article, giving me something to think about. One question: What makes the moment of conception a "special moment"? I consider the moments when the baby has a "functional" brain and when the baby can survive outside the womb to be special moments, even though you can not time them exactly. What about the moment the fertilized egg attaches itself to the womb? It is possible for an egg to be fertilized but never become attach and develop. This is can be caused artificially by IUD devices. Is that the same as an abortion? Just trying to clarify the issue, B.J. decvax!yale-comix!herbison-bj Herbison-BJ@Yale (Not currently)