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Re: From Harry Browne
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Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:48:41 GMT
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Maggie Cambron wrote:
Thank you Maggie..:-)
>
> I have snipped most of what you wrote because it has already elicited
> voluminous response from those much more eloquent than I am. As you say, it
> seems to boil down to when we consider a fetus another human being and, if we
> do consider a fetus to be an individual, whose rights should take precedence.
> And on these issues (particularly the latter) we probably have to agree to
> disagree.
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> You may or may not know that I have two young children. When they were babies
> I noticed some amazing things, things that you don't read about in the "Having
> a Baby" guides. When my older son was born I noticed that the toenails on his
> big toes were shaped like little triangles. At first I thought this might be
> some kind of minor birth defect. Then I realized that he had grown and
> developed so much in so little time that he could not have developed "regular"
> sized toenails in that time. With my second son I noticed a lack of definition
> in the whorls of his ears when he was first born. Amazingly, they seemed to
> develop before my eyes during the weeks after he was born. With each of my
> babies, I would often marvel at the fact that they had spent more time
> developing inside the womb than out-- and at nine months I looked at each of
> them and it amazed me to think how much development must have occurred in the
> nine months prior to birth, considering what had taken place in the nine months
> since birth.
>
> So it isn't as though I haven't thought about the nature of the development of
> a human being-- certainly I've seen evidence that birth is just another phase
> in the continuing development of an individual.
>
> If I were to become pregnant now, I would undergo certain tests which are
> standard for a woman over age 35 to detect certain birth defects such as Down's
> Syndrome or anacephaly. These tests are performed early enough in a pregnancy
> so that one can choose to terminate it before the fourth month if one discovers
> that the fetus has certain abnormalities. In the case of an anacephalic child,
> I suspect I would choose to terminate the pregnancy-- in the case of a Down's
> Syndrome child, I have no idea what I would do. And I hope never to be faced
> with such a decision. But I do want it to be MY decision, with input from my
> husband and my doctor. I want to examine my own conscience, I do not want some
> strangers in Washington, possibly with entirely different views from my own
> dictating to me what I can or cannot do with my body. Yes, I would be making
> that decision knowing I decide the fate of a living being inside my body. But
> please, let ME be the one to make that decision. If it happened to you or your
> partner, I wouldn't dream of butting in. I would hope that I could be granted
> the same courtesy.
>
> Maggie C.
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