How long oh Lord??

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In a message dated 1/8/97  08:15:43, you write:

LENNY
 
 Oh my save me this dripple.  She did much soul searching and decided to
 KILL her own child.  Another example of situationall ethics.
 
 <snipped meaningless religious phrase>

Paul Robson:

 Yes, she did. So did Michael Hughes' sister, on his advice. 
 So did everyone in the other exclusions you & others talk
 about. Yes it is situational ethics. Yes , it isn't consistent.

 Yes, it is killing. People who are in favour of choice use 
 "Termination", those against use words like "Murder" (or 
 emphasise it when speaking or  writing !). They are both 
 playing the same game.

 I think the majority of people who have abortions do soul-search 
 both before and after, whatever the reasons. Even in the case
 of Michael's sister (foetus had no brain, would not survive) it
 isn't an easy decision, I would imagine. Thoughts like "well the
 tests might be wrong" would float through her head.

 The image that anti-abortionists like to promote of 
 feckless females having abortions without concern does 
 occur, but it isn't the majority , it is a minority, in my
 limited but personal experience. Abortion, even at a 
 early stage, is not a pleasant operation, and it is never
 a pleasant psychological operation.

 Lenny, what do you think of (i) the Xians who bomb abortion
 clinics (ii) those who picket them BTW ?

Paul Robson (autismuk@aol.com)

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