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[andrewducker]

Re: the previous post with the poll at the bottom.  If you say "other" then I'd be interested to know why, because I'd like to know which bases I didn't cover.

If you don't want to argue about it in public, feel free to drop me an email at andrew@ducker.org.uk and I _promise_ not to argue if you ask me not to.

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[original-aj.livejournal.com]

I said other because my criterion is independant viability - the mother is not obliged to carry the foetus to term, since it is in effect a parasite, but if the foetus can survive independantly outside the womb then it should be removed (because of the mother's rights) but not killed. And yes I know that modern incubators & life support make "survive independantly" a difficult definition.
I suppose I feel we as a society should make best efforts to enable it to live, but the mother isn't obliged to be involved. And good, reliable contraceptives plus informative sex education which provides all the information and allows the individual to make their own decisions should be freely available to all.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Well, you know you didn't cover my base... ;-)