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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: I was a teenaged pregancy
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Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 13:47:47 EDT
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> [Bill Tanenbaum]
> >I'm glad you agree the life of the mother is more important than the
> >life of the unborn.  It should then follow that you believe the unborn
> >should not have the same FULL protection of the law that born human
> >beings do, i.e., abortion should not legally be considered murder.
> >You have conceded that the unborn should not legally be considered
> >human beings, since if they were, there would be no reason to prefer
> >the mother's life to the life of the unborn.
> >If I have put words in your mouth, please tell me where I went wrong.
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> [Charli Phillips]
> The position of virtually all pro-lifers is that if the fetus threatens
> the life of the mother, then the fetus's life may be taken in 
> self-defense.  This is not the same thing as saying that the fetus
> is not human. 
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Of course it's not the same thing.  A human fetus IS human.  I worded
my response badly.  Change "legally be considered human beings" to
"legally considered to have the same full rights as post-birth human
beings."
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Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan