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Re: From Harry Browne
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:52:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Simpson writes:
> While it is true that a woman may do as she pleases with her own body, it does
> not therefore follow that she may do as she sees fit with her baby's body.
> If a conception is the result of an un-coerced freely-made consent to sexual
> intercourse, then, yes, a woman's sovereign control of her body must indeed be
> limited by the right of the life within her to exist and grow to the maturity
> of personhood and sentience which are latent within that new life. That's my
> two-dollar bill.
Fair enough. However, I accept the definition of death as the cessation
of brain function. That is, life does not exist in a meaningful way where
brain function does not exist. Therefore, it follows that life begins with
the beginning of brain function. Prior to the onset of brain function the
embryo is not a distinct life and may be terminated. Thereafter, the embryo
can be said to be a life, and other factors must be considered.
Having said this, and accepting that you don't want to undergo a massive,
protracted debate on this topic, I will likewise withdraw to a safe distance.
Dave!
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| (...) Meaningful way? It sounds like you're defining something other than life. Evidence includes the fact that carrots are alive and never have brain function. (...) I don't get the whole life befins argument. Isn't it obvious that life never (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I cringe at the thought of the lengths of a thread encompassing an abortion- debate. I made my abortion comment because I do not want this forum to be a place where "minority" or dissenting viewpoints (such as mine) are not tolerated. For my (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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