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From: daver@hp-pcd.UUCP (daver)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Response to Keith Doyle's Statement
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Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 23:13:00 EDT
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>     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 key word above is surrogate.  An unwanted child can be given up for
adoption, assuming the child is adoptable (there are a lot of children
waiting for adoption - that's what orphanages are about).  When medical
technology advances to the stage where a fetus can be safely transplanted
we may see a large number of pre-birth adoptions where the fetus is carried
to term by the surrogate mother.  Until that time it is not valid to equate
a fetus with a newborn child.

Dave Rabinowitz
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