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APPENDIX A. TALK.ABORTION: AUGUST 9, 1994 125<br />

Yet for some reason god did not live up to his promise that Adam would<br />

die on <strong>the</strong> day that he might eat of <strong>the</strong> tree of knowledge.<br />

Article 5<br />

Reference 161352<br />

From waynet@indirect.com<br />

Date Tue, Aug 2, 1994 2:43 AM<br />

Mike Steiner (steiner@netcom.com) wrote:<br />

: In Article , ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) wrote:<br />

: >camfield@olympus.net (Tom Camfield) writes ...<br />

: >>> "A woman’s rights to her body should stop where<br />

: >>> <strong>the</strong> fetus’s body begins."<br />

: >>> Ray Fischer <br />

: >><br />

: >>Let’s carry denial of a woman’s right to her body back to fur<strong>the</strong>r absurdity<br />

: >>and make loss of same <strong>the</strong> point of insemination.<br />

: ><br />

: >Thinking isn’t your strong point, is it? This is <strong>the</strong> classic<br />

: >slippery-slope fallacy carried to a ridiculous extreme.<br />

: ><br />

: >Or do you think that a fetus should have no more rights than<br />

: ><strong>the</strong> average steak?<br />

: A fetus *has* no more rights than <strong>the</strong> average steak.<br />

And certainly less rights than an *excellent* steak...<br />

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Wayne (waynet@indirect.com) "My ancestors were Puritans from England. They<br />

arrived here in 1648 in <strong>the</strong> hope of finding<br />

greater restrictions than were permissible<br />

under English law at that time."<br />

- Garrison Keillor<br />

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Article 6<br />

Reference 161368<br />

From kevin@rotag.mi.org<br />

Date Tue, Aug 2, 1994 7:46 AM<br />

In article steiner@netcom.com<br />

(Mike Steiner) writes:<br />

>In Article , kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin<br />

>Darcy) wrote:<br />

>>In article steiner@netcom.com (Mike<br />

>Steiner) writes:<br />

>>><br />

>>>What is in dispute is whe<strong>the</strong>r a fetus has <strong>the</strong> right to trespass inside a<br />

>>>woman’s body, leeching nutrients from her, against her will. Apparently,

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