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From: johnston@spp1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: When does life begin?  IT DOESN'T!
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Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 11:19:51 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 13 11:19:51 1984
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> ...
> Given that, moral issues, like abortion, ought to be decided on criteria
> that are the most important & meaningful for human beings & their lives
> as we know them.  Fetuses may be complex organisms & biologically alive,
> but it doesn't easily follow that, just because of that, they are human.
> 
> 
> 						Cheers,
> 						Ron Rizzo
> 

I'm a little confused. In the first sentence is a phrase "human beings &
their lives". I've always assummed that I was a member of this class. Yet
I find from the second sentence that while a fetus, though complex and
alive, I may not have been human. Since I don't recall passing an
acceptance test, I'm beginning to get worried. If there is criteria for
becoming a human from a complex, biologically alive organism of homo
sapiens, I'd better apply. After all, I've been lying on my resume.

			Mike Johnston