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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Re: Whose (not who's!) Life Anyway?
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Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 10:42:51 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 19 10:42:51 1985
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>> Change in human beings is much more pronounced towards the beginning and end
>> of their lifetimes.  Does this really come as a surprise?

> Good point.  The main question is, why do these differences even make a
> difference when it comes to whether or not we may end the life of certain
> individuals?

Why do they make a difference?  Because according rights to people on
the basis that they contain certain genetic material is racism,
pure and simple.

Rights stem from values, which require a rational faculty.  The concept
of rights is meaningless to an entity that cannot form concepts.  And
if an entity CAN form concepts, genetic material is irrelevant.