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From: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: I was a teenaged pregancy
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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Summary: 

>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.
>-- 
>Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan

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. 

		charli