Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site charm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!bellcore!allegra!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!charm!wrs From: wrs@charm.UUCP (William R. Softky) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Litmus Test for Pro-Life Sincerity Message-ID: <582@charm.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 18:29:53 EST Article-I.D.: charm.582 Posted: Mon Feb 4 18:29:53 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Feb-85 03:48:40 EST Organization: Physics Research @ AT&T Bell Labs Murray Hill NJ Lines: 32 Subject: Litmus Test for Pro-Life Sincerity Newsgroups: net.abortion Distribution: net.abortion I know that a lot of you out there believe firmly that human life begins at conception, and you would like to establish that definition in law. But before you make that definition into a law for everyone else-- or even argue about it much more-- I would like to see how sincerely you believe it and act on it yourselves. The following questions should establish that... (if anyone can think of more or better questions, please let me know). I know that these questions will sound rhetorical; I'm sure they will offend many of you; but please hear them through: How many of you have held-- or even thought of holding-- funeral services or Last Rites for an abortion?... For a stillbirth?... For a miscarriage?... For the menstrual flow from The Pill? Since The Pill does discharge fertilized ova in their first month, how many of you have campaignd against *it* as actively as you campaign against abortion? How many of you send monthly condolence cards to women on the Pill? How many of you have taken it? In short-- If you can indeed prove through your actions that you respect and honor the life of a fetus (even in the first trimster) as much as you honor an adult human life, then I respect your opinion. If not, then I smell a double standard. --Bill Softky ("Why aren't Born-Again Christians called Conceived-Again Christians?")