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From: marty1@houem.UUCP (M.BRILLIANT)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,talk.abortion
Subject: Re: Best for Others?
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Date: Sun, 5-Oct-86 10:42:11 EDT
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In <2617@watdcsu.UUCP>, mberkley@watdcsu.UUCP (J.M.Berkley - Computing
Services) wrote:

>Having sex makes you responsible for the consequences.  Having
>an abortion is only an attempt to lessen the natural consequences
>of that act.  Unfortunately, this involves the life of the one person
>who is not guilty of anything: the baby...
>
>So what about the mother and her rights?  In my opinion, she chose
>to forgo those rights when she chose to have sex.  She should abide by
>the consequences of her decision.  If she decides to abort her baby,
>then she chooses another set of consequences, far worse than carrying
>the baby to term.  I'm not talking about "Eternal" consequences, but
>consequences right now: guilt and remorse, sterility, etc.,etc.
>
>Do I sound high and mighty?  Yes.  What right do I have to dictate
>what is right and wrong?  None.  But the truth still does not change.
>I am not going to force anything upon an unwed mother, but abortion
>is not the "best" thing to do for the baby or for the mother.
>
>Mike Berkley

Thanks.  As far as I know, that's essentially the pro-choice position,
with two exceptions.  First, "Eternal" consequences are relevant for
those who believe in them.  Second, the fetus is not legally a
"person," for reasons that have been gone over before in this
newsgroup, so the state need not concern itself with protecting it. 
Therefore, the list of consequences of abortion includes a lot of
"etc.," but don't add legal consequences to the list.

M. B. Brilliant					Marty
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