Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site shark.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!orca!shark!brianp From: brianp@shark.UUCP (Brian Peterson) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: Beyond Smugness: The Consequences Everyone Should Consider Message-ID: <1187@shark.UUCP> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 23:00:13 EST Article-I.D.: shark.1187 Posted: Sat Dec 8 23:00:13 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 02:37:27 EST References: <1545@pur-phy.UUCP>, <308@bonnie.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 15 XP Some interesting points are brought out in that posting, XP but I think the argument that abortion prevents future suffering XP is fundamentally flawed. Abortion also prevents a future geniuses XP although, perhaps, to a lesser extent. XP Ed Hummel Wrongo Pongo! Abortions do not happen at random, occuring with equal chance in loving homes where people want a child to care for and in "homes" where the parent(s) can't or don't want to care for a child. Abortions happen much more frequently in the second of the two categories. (I hope that is obviously sensible to you all.) Suffering is much much more likely than genius. Brian Peterson {ucbvax, ihnp4, } !tektronix!shark!brianp ^ ^