Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!microsof!fluke!ssc-vax!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!hou5f!orion!houca!hogpc!houxm!houxf!govern From: govern@houxf.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Against Abortion Message-ID: <364@houxf.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 15:14:38 EDT Article-I.D.: houxf.364 Posted: Fri Jul 1 15:14:38 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Jul-83 15:42:00 EDT References: <2284@csu-cs.UUCP> Lines: 11 A recent quote by ....!silver said that a fetus is not human until the brain starts functioning, which doesn't occur until the sixth month of pregnancy; that until then the fetus is not human - more like a fertilized egg. The newspapers have recently been talking about a woman whose baby, according to ...!silver, won't be human for another couple weeks. 22 weeks is kind of short for a pregnancy, but the kid is just as human as any other premature baby. Bill Stewart