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   From: warnnock@pop.co.za   
      
   "The Ghost In The Machine"  wrote in   
   message news:i865g1-qet.ln1@lexi2.athghost7038suus.net...   
      
      
   > > ****** Abortion is immoral and should be used only to save a life!   
   >   
   > Well, at least you're consistently evil.  Most pro-lifers, however,   
   > want to allow abortions in case of rape or incest, which, among   
   > other things, makes their philosophical position internally inconsistent.   
      
   ****** Yes, it would - but we live in an inconsistant world.   
      
   > Briefly: if a child is in the womb, then it was created.  (By whom   
   > is a side point.)  Why does it matter how?  Moral act or illegal one,   
   > it's a kid in there; therefore, the rape exception is ridiculous.   
      
   ****** The rape exception is not a good argument, except that it is the only   
   time a woman can really say that she had no part in creating this pregnancy.   
   Ofcourse if a condom were to burst, it would be accident by misadventure!   
      
   > Of course banning all abortions except to save a mother's life   
   > would be even more ridiculous.   
      
   ****** It would be, 'the right thing to do!'   
      
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