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To: TH who wrote (12195)	2/23/2000 6:41:00 PM
From: themadsnooker	Respond to of 769670

Thurston, if your position is that a fetus is a human being and that intentionally destroying that human being, under ANY circumstances, is a crime, I have no problem with that (though I am on the other side). I have friends who are fervent pro-lifers, and who believe that abortion under ANY circumstances is murder. I respect their opinions. I also have friends who have HAD abortions (none by me, I have never impregnated a woman I did not intend to, and even then it took more than a few tries), and I don't want my friends to go to jail. What I DON'T respect is taking the most politically feasible line. If a fetus is a human being that is entitled to protection of the law, it makes NO difference how that fetus was conceived, or whether it is in the first, second, or third trimester. I'm just saying that the republican party (and the Clinton/Gore democrats) should make up their minds; either abortion is murder, or it is not. The fact that the fetus is the product of rape makes NO difference. Let's assume that you were the product of rape; if I walk up to you and stick a knife in your chest, am I not guilty of murder????? If it is murder, then isn't killing a fetus who is the product of rape murder? Is there any reason to say otherwise, other than political expendiency? So let's make up our minds, and be consistent. Either a fetus is a human being, REGARDLESS of the circumstances of its conception, or, for legal purposes, it is not.