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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Fetuses, Rights, & Responsibilities
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 15:33:31 EDT
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> Most pro-choicers would agree that, in some cases, it is wrong to abort
> a fetus.  Most pro-lifers agree that, in some cases, it is not wrong to
> abort a fetus.  

Agreed.

> Or, on the other end, suppose a woman finds is seven months pregnant
> when she finds out she's a last-minute admission to law school.  The
> timing means she'd miss part of the first semester if she has the child,
> which would kill her chances of success.  But if she declines the
> admission, she'll have to wait another year to start, and she isn't
> guaranteed that she'll be admitted to the next year's class.  Would
> it be right for her to have an abortion?  Remember, a seven-month
> fetus could easily survive a premature delivery.  Many pro-choicers
> would think her abortion inadvisable (they might not like the word
> "wrong").  Pro-lifers would think this one wrong, period.

A situation like this one, or anyone of several thousands like or unlike it,
simply show that the issue of abortion is not simple, that there are
tough choices to make. To my mind, and maybe I am not one of
"most pro-choicers" (though I think I am,) that choices are so difficult
to make is the very reason why there should be as many choices as
possible. It is certainly not the business of society, through its
agent the government, to try and anticipate all possible situations
and prescribe the approved action. The name "pro-choice" is particularly
accurate. I believe that the individual most affected should be the
one to make whatever decision *she* decides is best for *her* and that *no one*
has the right to question her decision, let alone to judge her for it.

Marcel Simon