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From: ryan@fremen.DEC
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Subject: Re: a pro abortion argument
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 14:17:01 EST
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	Regarding the article suggesting that abortion should be legal
because a fetus is "brain-dead"; whether or not the fetus is "brain-dead"
makes no difference.  The reason that the plug may be pulled on an adult
who's brain no longer can function without support is that in this case
there is no hope of anything resembling productive life for the brain-dead
person.  Obviously, this is not the case for an unborn fetus (whether or not
brain function has begun).
	This argument holds absolutely no water at all.
		Mike Ryan