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To: Edwarda who wrote (948)	9/7/1999 7:14:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

Yes - I understand and accept it. (And thus I expressly retract my incredulity od Michael's statement.) I have no trouble with somebody deciding for her own ethical reasons that abortion is a moral compromise at best and outright immoral at worst. From the purely legislative angle ... I am interested in the welfare of ALL the women in my life and would like the law to grant them the choice to make their own accommodations. There is a broad spectrum between banning and mandating abortions, and I would really rather not belong to a society that practices either. While I sure don't have the answers, I want the freedom to ask and act on the questions.

To: Edwarda who wrote (948)	9/7/1999 7:22:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

should this be a personal decision as to cutoff points or do we need as a society to determine the cutoff point at which we recognize personhood and all of the rights that personhood entails? One issue I have with this debate is that I feel some want to give a fetus more human rights than an adult has, at the expense of the birth mother. For example if a person needs an organ transplant, and an appropriate organ cannot be located, that individual will die. We don't force relatives to donate bone marrow etc. in order to keep someone alive. How is a fetus different?