From: utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!tim
Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Re: 10th anniversary
Article-I.D.: unc.4583
Posted: Mon Jan 31 12:23:18 1983
Received: Tue Feb  1 09:00:47 1983
References: amd70.1337 sdcsvax.84 houxo.142 sdcsvax.92

This is exactly the sort of argument from the heart that
can destroy a free government.  I would never tell someone
that they are not free to believe a fetus human.  So why
do they feel free to tell me I can't believe it isn't?
If to you the issue is so obvious and simple, then act as
your heart dictates IN YOUR OWN CASE.  Don't try to tell me
that your own emotions are a neccessary indicator of universal
truth, though.

Emotional arguments often say things like "If you will simply
stop rationalizing and obey the dictates of your heart, you
will have to agree with me."  Some news for these people: not
all hearts are the same.  In my heart of hearts, I see the
early fetus as a non-human organism no less than the unfertilized
egg. Perhaps you would tell me that this is not really the way I
feel. This is insulting.  I know my feelings far better than you.

Summarizing:  Abortion is an emotional issue, and not one that
can be solved in the general case by reason.  Because of this,
the government cannot get involved, since it is no more qualified
than the individual to resolve this.  I do not understand how
people can consider themselves qualified to make other people's
moral decisions for them.
						Tim Maroney
						duke!unc!tim