Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihlpg!tan From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: I was a teenaged pregancy Message-ID: <1318@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 13:47:47 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.1318 Posted: Sun Sep 29 13:47:47 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Sep-85 02:36:44 EDT References: <711@gitpyr.UUCP> <390@scirtp.UUCP> <5839@cbscc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 22 > [Bill Tanenbaum] > >I'm glad you agree the life of the mother is more important than the > >life of the unborn. It should then follow that you believe the unborn > >should not have the same FULL protection of the law that born human > >beings do, i.e., abortion should not legally be considered murder. > >You have conceded that the unborn should not legally be considered > >human beings, since if they were, there would be no reason to prefer > >the mother's life to the life of the unborn. > >If I have put words in your mouth, please tell me where I went wrong. ------ > [Charli Phillips] > The position of virtually all pro-lifers is that if the fetus threatens > the life of the mother, then the fetus's life may be taken in > self-defense. This is not the same thing as saying that the fetus > is not human. --- Of course it's not the same thing. A human fetus IS human. I worded my response badly. Change "legally be considered human beings" to "legally considered to have the same full rights as post-birth human beings." -- Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com