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From: rcd@opus.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Where do we draw the line?
Message-ID: <297@opus.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 14:25:52 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 30 14:25:52 1984
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> ...I think a "triage" system must be employed.
> 
> Triage was invented on the battlefield.  Injured soldiers are divided
> into three groups by severity of wounds:  the lightly wounded would
> have to wait for medical aid, the heavily wounded would be treated
> immediately, and the very heavily wounded would be left to die.  Harsh
> and cruel, isn't it?...

Does anyone else see the obvious analogy between the triage system of
multiple groups with different treatments and the US Supreme Court ruling
which divides the term of pregnancy into three trimesters, each with
different treatment for the developing human?  I think they already applied
the concept, if we'd just look at it carefully...
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