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From: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Human rights for ova! - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 25-Apr-84 00:18:26 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 25 00:18:26 1984
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The position taken by many pro-lifers (especially Catholic) is
to state that we cannot know when the embryo becomes uniquely 'human'.
At best, it becomes an exercise akin to discussing how many angels
can dance on the head of a pin.  But, because human life is precious
to us, and we certainly know what is not-human (the unfertilized egg),
the conservative approach is to treat the fertilized egg and all subsequent
morphologies as if it were human.
-- 
/Steve Dyer
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