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From: garys@bunkerb.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Re: Disposition of Aborted Fetuses
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Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 16:57:25 EDT
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> I admit that I myself am a bit unnerved by this idea, but...
> 
> There are a lot of complaints about what is being done with
> aborted fetus for purposes of cosmetics and medical research.
> Isn't this a bit hypocritical considering what is done with
> full-grown animals for the same purposes?

In the first place, the topic for this newsgroup is abortion.
You are trying to divert attention from the issue at hand.

In the second place, you are assuming that I approve of whatever
it is you have in mind (about which you are pretty vague), an
assumption which is totally unsupported.  And, no, I don't want
to discuss it in this newsgroup -- this is net.abortion.

> Also, when I die,
> if I can ever find where to get a donor card, much of my
> body will be used for medical purposes, donations and research.
> Is this any different?

Yes, it is your choice what happens to your body.  The fetus is
not given a choice in an abortion.

> What should be done with an aborted fetus?

"When did you stop beating your wife?"  I think the fetus should
be allowed to live; it should not be aborted in the first place.
But in many cases of abortion, even those fetuses who manage to survive
the abortion are not allowed to live.

> Bury it? What good is a grave for nobody if the fetus never lived
> to become somebody?

The fetus did live, for a little while at least.  But you are saying
that the fetus is "nobody" -- how are you able to tell when a fetus
becomes "somebody"?

Graves do not benefit the dead in any case (personal opinion).
This looks like another attempt to divert the discussion, but
I'll give you my two cents worth:  Graves, funerals, etc. are for
the benefit of the living.  It is a way for the living to show
their respect for the deceased.  Therefore, to bury an aborted
fetus would show respect for the individual which died -- respect
which is lacking in a lot of people.

> Open for input,
> Paul Anderson
> UC San Diego

Gary Samuelson
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