--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You started the semantic game, by defining abortion contrary to > most peoples' usage, and saying "plain and simple".
What are you basing your view of "most peoples' usage" on? I would love to see your evidence on this point. So far as I know, I am using abortion in the standard sense of the killing of a unborn child. Which brings me back to my question - what term would you have me use for the killing of unborn unimplanted children? > You're making it axiomatic that a zygote is a living being. Do you wish to disagree that it is alive? I think it is axiomatic. > See, if one doesn't think that it's a "child" until it's capable > of survival (around 22 weeks at best), So, how does one measure this point? And so one becomes human at an earlier age today than one did 50 years ago? JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l