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To: Neocon who wrote (1964)	3/5/1999 3:54:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13062

1. There was a mildly celebrated case recently, can't recall the details. The anti-abortionist groups tried to play it up....but it undermined some of their arguments, so they didn't push it too hard. 2.That's a stupid question. Get real. I don't support abuse. But I have no right to tell someone how to raise their child. That's like you telling me I can't spank my kid, because it is a level of abuse. I don't feel that it is anybody's right to tell someone how to raise their child. However, since individual rights are involved here (a child is being beaten, and his rights are compromised), this IS an instance in which the gov't has every right to remove the child from the situation. My point is more along the lines that this CLEARLY points out that there is no SANCTITY of a Paternal Bond...that people make a choice. 3. Diet and improved pre-natal care improving congenital defects defies logic? Ever hear of folic acid? Women are told to drink orange juice early in pregnancy to reduce certain congenital defects that are produced by a lack of folic acid. It has, indeed, reduced the instances of these defects. I'd say your assertion defies common sense. I think you are referring to GENETIC abnormalities. Even so, these CAN also be reduced by proper diet and other other things. For example, did you know that the instances of certain types of retardation are higher in women over 35? If you have kids, it doesn't look like you read the books to closely with your wife. 5. The gap is that you say maternity is sacred. Then you claim its about a level of commitment. Well, it is one or the other. If it is about a level of commitment, then it IS a personal choice, because commitment is a choice. That's the gap. 6. Well, then this is an issue of enforcement, and not one that really plays a role here. If the facts are that doctors are abusing the late-term law, then they SHOULD be prosecuted. Not shot. And that doesn't have any impact on the arguments surrounding early-term abortions.