Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site spp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!spp1!johnston From: johnston@spp1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: Re: re: when does life begin Message-ID: <129@spp1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 12:21:31 EST Article-I.D.: spp1.129 Posted: Tue Dec 4 12:21:31 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 00:40:51 EST References: <122@spp1.UUCP> <1102@ut-ngp.UUCP> Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach CA Lines: 22 > > Being provided with shelter by *someone else's* body is one H*LL of a > lot more that being provided a crib, etc.! Drinking out of a bottle > and breathing the atmosphere are very different from pulling nutrients > and oxygen direct from *someone else's* bloodstream! > > -- > "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs" > Ken Montgomery > ...!{ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!ut-ngp!kjm [Usenet, when working] > kjm@ut-ngp.ARPA [for Arpanauts only] I don't see how they're very different. If you look at the sidelines of most professional football games you see very alive people pulling in oxygen from a tank and intravenous feedings are commonplace. How a person obtains nutrients and oxygen does not make that person dependent on the source and the reason for the original posting was to refute a statement on the fetus's alledged biological dependence on the mother. Thanks for supporting my statement. Mike Johnston