From: utzoo!dciem!mmt Newsgroups: net.women Title: Re: Abortion: two more sideline arguments Article-I.D.: dciem.181 Posted: Fri Feb 18 14:28:17 1983 Received: Fri Feb 18 14:41:48 1983 References: otuxa.197 Larry Kaufman hit the nail on the head in pointing out that we don't grant people the right to life AFTER they are able to breathe for themselves. The starving multitudes of the world would love to have this right for themselves, as would those hiding from bombs and bullets (not counting the soldiers who gloriously defend their sacred soil or ideologies or just are afraid to be shot by their superiors). The abortion argument seem rather like the argument as to whether to renew the gold paint on a rotting wooden carving. It's really nice to respect life, but lets respect ALL life, not just unborn humans. Martin Taylor