Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihuxm!sofo From: sofo@ihuxm.UUCP (Terry Bermes) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Response to Keith Doyle's Statement Message-ID: <1089@ihuxm.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 11:41:02 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxm.1089 Posted: Fri Oct 12 11:41:02 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 07:26:51 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 20 Regarding the statement "...the fetus is a part of the mother.." A fetus is WITHIN the mother. A newborn child is no more viable than the fetus. It must be fed and cared for whether by the mother or a surrogate. The child is totally dependant and yet his/her humanity is never questioned. Maybe those who were too late for an abortion should be allowed to kill the child after birth? We are talking about stages in the development of a human being. A newborn is not as fully developed as an adult, yet his/her humanity is not denied. The unborn child is another stage in this development but certainly no less of a human being. There is an apparent hangup with the presence in the womb. Out of sight, out of mankind? Terry Bermes