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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (51049)	6/1/1999 6:35:00 PM
From: George Coyne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

<< You are missing the point. It is a question of not treating severely those who are implicated in the abortion...No, it does not mean that they "don't really believe", it means that there is enough of a shadow of a doubt about the humanity of the fetus to make narrow exceptions. No one is pretending that the fetus is a criminal...In any event, if you read my arguments against abortion, the humanity of the fetus did not enter into them... >> No, you are missing the point. 1. My "devil's advocate" position is based on the acceptance of the humanity of the fetus. 2. The "shadow of a doubt" justification is specious at best. 3. One must, it seems to me, in effect, declare the fetus criminal in the exceptional cases. G. W.