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To: Joe NYC who wrote (126702)	10/23/2000 9:54:13 AM
From: jcholewa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579117

> 1. Baby vs. Fetus > Calling it a fetus just dehumanizes the argument. Yeah, but calling it a baby forces humanization to the argument. By scientific definition, it's an embryo until a certain stage, then it's a fetus until a certain stage, then it's a baby, then a toddler, then a skinhead, then an adult, then a geriatric, then food for the next generation of babies. Referring to a one month old ("from conception") fetus as a "baby" is probably as dishonest as referring to a one month old ("out of the womb") baby as a fetus. I mean, I'm certainly not an embryo. You can feel free to call me this, but that doesn't make it true. :P > 2. Discomfort > Adoption makes the length of the discomfort limited to 9 months at most. Abortion involves some discomfort and > trauma as well. So it's a question of length and degree. Considering the fact that the "easier" option involves taking a > human life makes the sum less easy to accept. Yeah, I side slightly more with you on this one. That being said, my opinion on the whole abortion issue can be thusly summarized: I have no idea whether or not or how much it should be banned from a basis of morality, but I do think that a great idea would be to further efforts in curtailing the need for it.     -JC