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: <126@spp1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 11:55:14 EST Article-I.D.: spp1.126 Posted: Tue Dec 4 11:55:14 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 00:40:21 EST References: <2153@stolaf.UUCP>, <122@spp1.UUCP> <10081@watmath.UUCP> Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach CA Lines: 32 > > >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