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From: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (csdf)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Late term abortions
Message-ID: <239@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 02:51:49 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 19 02:51:49 1985
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In article <877@bunker.UUCP> garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson) writes:
>Sophie Quigley, responding to Matt Noah, remarks parenthetically:
>
>> (noone is trying to extend abortions to post-birth
>> babies ... ). 
>
>Maybe no one in this discussion is trying to do that, but there are
>those who believe that infanticide is the next logical step after
>abortion.  I.e., as abortion is considered more and more acceptable,
>infanticide will also become acceptable.  Let it be noted that some
>of those who see infanticide as a successor to abortion are not
>opposed to either.  (And yes, I will provide references; it may be
>a while, as I am already behind in posting references.)

Narrow-minded pro-lifers cannot tell the difference between a human and
a fetus. They're willing to believe that any blob of protoplasm that is
extracted from a human female is a "baby". Thus, they don't realize that
more rational folks wouldn't consider allowing the killing of infants
for any reason.

>For now, though, consider the recent cases of infants being allowed
>to starve to death because the parents would not allow corrective
>surgery to be performed.  One such is the famous "Baby Doe" case.
>The courts upheld the parents' right to have the baby starved to
>death, even though more than one couple was willing to adopt the
>child and provide the necessary care.
>
>Gary Samuelson
>ittvax!bunker!garys

Gary, if you twist this story any more, it's liable to break. Many times
in the past, the courts have allowed the gaurdians of a severely
crippled person the right to refuse medical attention for them. This has
happened when the patients were 8 weeks, 8 yrs or 80 years. Thus, I
argue that "Baby Doe" has nothing to do with abortion and that
discussion belongs on .medical or something. This is pure sensationalsim.
-- 
Charles Forsythe
CSDF@MIT-VAX
"The Church of Fred has yet to come under attack.
    No one knows about it."
        -Rev. Wang Zeep