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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (38051)	11/21/2001 11:37:47 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If the abortion was for reasons of saving the mother's life then it can reasonably be argued that it is killing in self defense Why do you argue a self defence case for the mother but not for the fetus? If a mother intends to kill a child for ANY reason, then why cannot the fetus be protected under self defense. Why do almost 100% of people either ignore the rights of the fetus to self defense, or deny the rights of the fetus to self defence. The way you put it, it seems arbitrary--yet it seems overwhelmingly arbitrary in one particular direction. I am just having a hard time grasping whatever it is you are implying by attaching the "self defense" justification to the mother, but ignoring the right of the fetus to having her life defended.