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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: TigerPaw who wrote (205561)11/29/2001 7:51:07 PM
From: David R  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
RE: I recommended as a legal matter, that a infant attain human rights at the time of birth

So we make a completely arbitrary definition of humanity to be at the point of birth, based on nothing other than practicality. During the Senate debate on the Partial Birth Abortion ban, Sen. Kassenbaum was asked what would happen if during the procedure, the baby was accidentally delivered, would it live or die. Her response was that it was between the doctor and the woman. So that even after birth the baby was not "human" unless the woman wanted to keep it.

What reasoning or logic can then be applied when suggesting that a two year old has any more right to live than a new born. At this point life is arbitrary, and the person in power (i.e. mother, doctor, state, etc.) can define life so that anybody can be killed.
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