Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mit-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-vax!csdf 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 Article-I.D.: mit-vax.239 Posted: Wed Jun 19 02:51:49 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 06:16:13 EDT References: <3@dscvax2.UUCP> <975@mnetor.UUCP> <877@bunker.UUCP> Reply-To: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP () Distribution: net.abortion Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 42 Summary: 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