From: hal@finney.org
Date: Sat Jan 22 2000 - 10:49:42 MST
Robert Bradbury, <bradbury@genebee.msu.su>, writes:
> Instead of pushing the valuation back towards the younger end of the
> spectrum, it is probably much more rational to push it *ahead*
> to the older end of the spectrum (though this flies in the face
> of the emotional ties that soft wet cuddly babies generate).
This seems to be the real problem with the most extreme pro-choice
position, that it is tantamount to support for infanticide. A mother
who gives birth to a baby but finds after a few days that it is too much
work should be able to smother it and throw it away, by this logic.
Hal
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