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From: johnston@spp1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Re: re: when does life begin
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 11:55:14 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 11:55:14 1984
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> 
> >A pregnant woman provides no more for a fetus than a new mother. Warmth
> >and protection are provided in one case by a house, crib, blankets, and
> >holding and in the other case by a sealed, cushioned sac filled with a
> >warm amniotic fluid. Food is provided for infants by a bottle or breast and
> >in uterine, by the woman's blood as a nutrient carrier. Oxygen is free for
> >infants since its in the air. Exposure to air would be detrimental to the
> >fetus, thus the enclosed sac, but again the mother's blood provides this
> >essential need.
> 
> What a wonderful way to look at pregnancy!!  just a sealed cushioned sac!
> it is all so clean, easy and carefree!!  a woman who refuse to provide
> such an essential service, which is so easy for her to give, must obvioulsy
> be a monster!  

> Sophie Quigley
> ...!{clyde,ihnp4,decvax}!watmath!saquigley

Any conclusions you draw that I didn't are your own. The reason for the
posting was not to discuss the relative merits of pregnancy and motherhood
but to refute an earlier posting claiming the fetus was biologically
dependent on its mother. I certainly agree that a pregnancy is work and
involves a lot of miscomfort and inconvenience but so does having to slam
on your brakes when a child jumps in front of your car. The analogy is not
really that good, however, since the child is responsible for placing
himself in that predicament, wheras the fetus had no choice.

But, as in this case and abortion, we can't allow ourselves to follow
the natural tendency for comfort, convenience, and lessening of work when
another's life is at stake.

				Mike Johnston