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Re: fetus has no rights...was stillborn -- REPLYFrom: Dean Huffman (jth@springnet1.com)Mon May 28 12:54:04 2001
.. It gets even more complicated. In many (but not all) states, killing a fetus, other than in a legal abortion, is a felony. In fact, the federal government is considering a law that would make fetocide (other than a legal abortion) a crime. In Kansas, the last time I checked, fetocide is NOT a crime, but the estate of the fetus nevertheless can sue for money damages for the fetal death. - - - - I realize that this post will probably stir up a bunch of flames. I'm not trying to convince anyone of their wrongness or my rightness, just making a few observations. I am against abortion on demand on religious grounds. I do not perform abortions. I will, however, refer my patients who seek abortions to colleagues who do with the same reasoning that I do not attempt to press my religious views on patients when and if the discussion in the office happens to turn to religion or faith i.e. I will not try to "convert" them to my way of thinking. It is interesting that, in the USofA, abortion is legal in all 50 States, (I'm not sure about the territories or protectorates) however there is a great variation on when during pregnancy abortion is allowed. I'm amazed that while the woman herself doesn't have to consider the fetus as a person, the physician/provider, must take its "humanity" or "personhood" into consideration. My view is, if the fetus is not a person, then nothing a provider does or doesn't do should be punished (i.e. lawsuit) if the baby turns out to be less than perfect. The arbitrary nature of who gets to determine the "personhood" of a fetus makes as much sense to me as the arbitrary rules which govern the "it's okay for me to use an ethnic slur against my own kind" rules. The "n" word (or "c" word or "g" word) used by anyone ought to be unacceptable for everyone. Either a fetus is not a person all the time or it is a person all the time. The argument that "you can't call a human fetus a person because you don't call an acorn an oak tree" holds no water with me. I don't equate humans with oak trees. I do, however, recognize the potential for a fetus to be "fully human" as do I recognize the potential for an acorn to become that oak tree. We don't go around killing toddlers arbitrarily because they are only "potential" adults, correct? gotta go now, I have to fill out my application for the country clubs and go shopping for the Porsche ;-> Kevin
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