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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (82790)	6/23/2000 6:06:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

bp & brees ... The problem with comparing the death penalty and abortion, as I see it, is that some would argue you are comparing apples and oranges. I have never gotten involved in the abortion debate myself (and, for the record, have never had an abortion), but I gather that the basic point at issue is whether a fetus at three or four months can be considered a "human being."

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (82790)	6/24/2000 1:44:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

On that I must reluctantly disagree. Here is a case where science has refused to define when life becomes human life. This is one of science's failures, and I believe it to be a failure more from cowardice rather than lack of data. Thus the great debate rages on. But I lean heavily towards the position Ayn Rand took on abortion, which is until a clearcut determination is made as to when human life really can be defined as human -- with all the rights that go with that definition -- then the rights of the mother must take precedence, including her right of free choice.