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From: sofo@ihuxm.UUCP (Terry Bermes)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Response to Keith Doyle's Statement
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 11:41:02 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 12 11:41:02 1984
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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