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From: dan@scgvaxd.UUCP (Dan Boskovich)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.women,net.abortion
Subject: Re: a pro abortion argument
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 10:33:34 EST
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In article <4662@cbscc.UUCP> lvc@cbscc.UUCP (Larry Cipriani) writes:
>By Mike Gray:
>
>> Start putting out reasoned moral argument and refutations of anti-abortionist
>> positions instead of wasting time arguing with anti-abortionists.  Their
>> position is well-solidified.  It is usually religious in nature,
>> meaning that it is based on faith.  You can't argue with faith.
>
>    (For an argument against faith read 'Atheism: The Case Against God')
>
>Try this pro abortion argument:
>
>My position on abortion is that the fetus, like a 'brain dead' person
>on life support equipment, is a dead human being (for a time) on life
>support (i.e. the mother).
>
>If one accepts the propostion that it is acceptable to stop providing
>life support for a 'brain dead' person, then necessarily one must accept
>that it is acceptable that the mother be allowed to stop providing life
>support for a 'brain dead' fetus.  I would add that this period of being
>'brain dead' lasts roughly 28 weeks.  So, although this is not a blanket
>support of abortion, it should find support by many people.  As far as
>rights are concerned, the dead don't have any.
>
>Lastly, I would add that, I think abortion is always a sad thing to do,
>but the best of several bad alternatives.
>
>Larry Cipriani		Send mail or respond in net.politics, I don't
>cbscc!cbsch!lvc		read net.women nor net.abortion.


This argument is unacceptable and invalid. No one in their right mind
would pull the plug on a "brain dead" person if the Doctor assured the
relatives that in a matter of several weeks the patient would experience
a complete recovery and live a healthy life. The DEAD have no rights????
The fetus represents the beginning of life, not the END of life.

Obviously, this analogy breaks down at its very core!