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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (364)	2/9/2001 4:44:19 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 948

<< "An abortion kills a human fetus." That’s what we’re talking about, right? Killing a fetus? ... We have to kill mammals, birds, and fish before we eat them. You got a problem with that? >> Excuse me, if I respond to your note. I enjoyed reading it and felt compelled to respond. Killing a fetus, or killing a deer, or killing a whale. It's all killing, sometimes necessary, sometimes not. When you say that all pro-choicers dislike the word "killing" you are generalizing, which is never correct. "Killing a fetus"?! It's just words. What counts is the right for a woman to chose when and if she wants a child. Call it killing, if you want. Call it "putting a hit on a fetus", if you'd prefer. << If a woman pays for an abortion and the fetus isn’t killed, she hasn’t gotten her money’s worth. She wants that thing dead. >> She has legal recourse, currently, to sue the doctor, or to get her money back and find a better doctor. << When you see a picture of the result of an abortion, you know instantly that some "pro-lifer" has violated the liberal code of decency. Abortion advocates hate those pictures. >> You are generalizing again. I welcome pictures of aborted fetuses. Perhaps it would help some women to decide whether they really wanted an abortion, or not. << ... their own self-imposed gag rule that forbids frank public discussion of fetal killing. >> Let's have a frank discussion on fetal killing. I am pro abortion, pro choice and pro life. You start this frank discussion and I'll join in. Don't thank me now. Wait until we get this discussion started!