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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: infanticide
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Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 15:58:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 17 15:58:00 1984
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> From: brianp@shark.UUCP (Brian Peterson)
> Modern civilization has given up infanticide.  We probably will
> gain much more than we could lose through abortion.  

Brian: where have you been? The first statement is simply not
true.  Baby Doe was not unborn, but was born with a handicap,
and for this reason was "allowed to die".  This, even though
there were *several* families willing to adopt, which negates
the comment made several times in this newsgroup that pro-lifers
only scream about abortion and don't do anything about adopting
children.  In this case, these families were prevented by the
court from averting loss of life.  Further, Baby Doe is not an
isolated case.  But you won't see a lot of publicity about it
unless you look for the information.

This practice is a natural and inevitable result of the acceptance
of abortion on demand.  Note that the attitude also extends in the
other direction, to the aged.  Recall Gov. Lamm's remarks about the
"duty" of the old folks to hurry up and die.  (We notice he isn't
doing his part...guess he thinks he's not old enough.)
-- 

Paul DuBois		{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist...
						Colossians 1:17