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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (7244)9/28/1998 5:01:00 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (2) of 13994
 
Since this thread has about 50% degenerated into a fairly vacuous debate on abortion, (which I don't think the Big Creep is accused of yet, at least partly since he's male), I guess I'll just have to weigh in with my considered opinion.

Questions that make you go Hmmmm. Do you suppose that the FBI report on the blue stained dress indicates whether the president has had a vasectomy? Anybody dig through the newly released Starr report material to find out?

Back on topic: I don't see any big difference between a fetus just before birth and a baby just after birth. So in order to be sure I use a neutral term, I will refer to either entity as a child.

I think it is clear that a newly formed child is too inconsequential to require the state to defend it. We don't want to let the power of the state into any unnecessary part of our personal lives. The slippery slope would, no doubt, end with them preventing me from wasting my "seed." (Which is sort of the charge they got that actor - PeeWee Herman on.)

So it all boils down to how old should your children get before you are no longer legally allowed to kill them. Currently, the law clearly prevents you from getting rid of them much past the age of 8 or 9 months. I think this is a little extreme. My opinion is that state should allow you to get rid of them up to about 5. Maybe 6 in special circumstances. In any case, they need to be protected by the state when they are old enough to be educated in school.

-- Carl
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