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From: wrs@charm.UUCP (William R. Softky)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Litmus Test for Pro-Life Sincerity
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Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 18:29:53 EST
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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?")