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   XPost: talk.philosophy.humanism   
   From: gowch@SPAMTHEENOThotmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 15:02:35 GMT,  wrote:   
      
   ==>You said earlier, "Until a fetus leaves the womb   
   ==>and breathes on its own it is, IMO, the sole property   
   ==>of its host, the mother, and no one else should   
   ==>have anything to say about its disposition."   
   ==>   
   ==>This implies, by the rules of logic, that you believe   
   ==>that if a fetus is alive outside the mother's body but still attached by the   
   ==>cord then it is permissible to kill it.   
   ==>   
   ==>Is this what you believe or did you misstate your position?   
      
   		If the neonate is grossly deformed or otherwise   
   		so damaged that its quality of life would be   
   		catastrophically impaired, I would say, yes,   
   		it is permissible.   
      
   		I would hope that this type of occurrence would be   
   		so rare as to be virtually unknown.  But frankly, it's   
   		a scenario so disturbing I really don't want to   
   		think about it.   
      
      
      
      
   --   
   Better an abortion clinic on every streetcorner   
   than the birth of one more unwanted child.   
      
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