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From: wine@homxa.UUCP (J.GORDON)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: A Quote Without a Context
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Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 23:27:01 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  7 23:27:01 1985
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>> Personally I think that a fetus qualifies as alive, as does a cancer
>> cell, but I think that the carrier of either has the right to remove
>> it.  The concept of 'alive' is not so well defined as some think!
>
>This is an analogy?  Cancer and a human fetus?  [etc.,etc.,etc.]

I was not making an analogy -- I was just pointing out that the
concept of 'alive' is not straightforward and can not be used to
distinguish the morality of an action (eg. to abort a fetus).

To W. E. Deibert:
Didn't your mommy ever tell you not to quote out of context?


            Jim Gordon, Jr. (JR not SR as has been reported)

   An open mind is one of the greatest attributes a person can have...
                         But not TOO open!