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KaliTracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 11:56 AM
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50. ironically, if the woman in Texas had had pre-natal care, they would
Edited on Fri Mar-25-05 11:57 AM by KaliTracy
have found out that the child she was carrying was doomed with the type of dwarfism he had, and they probably would have aborted -- oh wait, abortion not condoned.... but yet *'s bill allowed the doctors to overrule the mother's wishes to pull his vent...

Any government who is involved in reproductive issues / death issues can change the rules as necessary. Shades of A Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) (women (in a post-war society) forced to reproduce because many more are sterile), and China's 1 child/male only policy come to mind....


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