Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!ihlpg!jeand From: jeand@ihlpg.UUCP (AMBAR) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: Who's Life Anyway? Message-ID: <732@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 17:54:09 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.732 Posted: Mon Jul 1 17:54:09 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 06:48:17 EDT References: <504@gitpyr.UUCP> <3931@alice.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 13 > > It seems to me that since the fetus of 1 minute and the child of one > > month differ only in the amount of time since conception. They > > share the same genetic information, and are thus the same person. > > Does this mean you think that infants have the same rights as adults? That was very carefully phrased in order to ridicule the first point of view. I don't know anyone who thinks that infants should be voting, driving, or enlisting in the military. A distinction is being made between civil rights (voting and so forth) and human rights (non-discrimination). Jean Marie Diaz