Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihuxq!ken From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: References for anti-abortion philosophy wanted Message-ID: <1227@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Sep-84 22:24:49 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxq.1227 Posted: Sun Sep 23 22:24:49 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 05:15:23 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 22 -- The abortion debate is clearly a battle between divergent moral philosophies. The notion that personhood begins at birth is fairly well entrenched in law and scripture. So I'm wondering, is there any scriptural reference for personhood beginning at conception? This is a serious question. If some folks are going to, in Ken Arndt's phrase, "go all the way to the wall" over the absolute immorality of abortion, I'd like to know where the idea came from. From a strictly scientific standpoint, the newly fertilized ovum is clearly not a sentient being. Some pro-abortion advocates point to scientific data to generalize this statement to the first trimester. But most anti-abortionists speak of human potential and a moral code. Is it written down anywhere? I mean, I've noticed that many anti-abortionists call themselves "born-again" Christians; none refer to themselves as "conceived-again". -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 23 Sep 84 [2 Vendemiaire An CXCIII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7188 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***