Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site denelcor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!denelcor!neal From: neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: killing human beings Message-ID: <366@denelcor.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 17:41:51 EST Article-I.D.: denelcor.366 Posted: Thu Mar 22 17:41:51 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Mar-84 07:44:06 EST References: <215@ihnp1.UUCP> Organization: Denelcor, Aurora, CO Lines: 22 ************************************************************************** >So the pertinent points seem to be: > a. All human beings have the right to live. > b. An unborn child is a human being from the moment of > conception with the right to her/his life. > c. Human beings only forfeit their right to live when they > place the physical life of another human being in danger. Granting a. and c., I maintain that b. is begging the question. As you define "human being" b. is (I presume) true, as I define "human being" it isn't. Would you also outlaw birth control pills? Most pills in use nowadays DO NOT PREVENT CONCEPTION. They work by preventing the already fertilized egg from implanting in the wall of the uterus. (It is possible to do this with much less estrogen than it takes to acutally prevent conception.) Regards, Neal Weidenhofer Denelcor, Inc. !denelcor!neal