On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 08:56 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > I find it funny that you think I am Democrat. Besides, how else would > characterize abortion? The death penalty is state-sanctioned killing of > capital offenders. Combat is the state-sanctioned killing of the agents > of a belligerent foreign power. Murder is the unlawful killing of an > innoccent (read: not belligerent to the state or criminal against it) > person. So, are babies considered capital offenders, enemy combatants > or innocent?
a·bor·tion (ə-bôr'shən) n. 1. a. Termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival. b. Any of various procedures that result in such termination and expulsion. Also called induced abortion. 2. The premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus from the uterus; a miscarriage. 3. Cessation of normal growth, especially of an organ or other body part, prior to full development or maturation. 4. An aborted organism. 5. Something malformed or incompletely developed; a monstrosity. Don't see anything about "murder" there. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]