The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 15, 1980, Page Page 6, Image 6
Editor
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Cultures can be evaluatec
every nation in every age m
did it treat people?
The fully developed conct
from the Judeo-Christian w
wesi lor centuries Hioiicai t
Hit- truth. Although never
laid the foundation for a hig
and practice. Knowing these
sacred because man is creat
of a Christian consensus h?
influence of this world vie1
Of all the subjects relating
human life, abortion is the
intentional termination of pr
which would have likely pro
been allowed to continue to t<
The schizophrenic nature
evident as it became comm
provide maximum support
premature neonates which u
perhaps even larger were fc
cutrio mo/li/'o 1 pmntnr Minn
liquor or cigarettes can rece
parental consent.
Those who favor liberali
aborted infants were unw?
subject to child abuse. S
estimated that there are c
oetween the ages of one a
abortion. Since these six mil
suDoosedlv would have be
abuse, it would seem reasor
the incidence of child abuse
of child abuse has grown at
simply due to more efficient
Reasons against abortion
impossible to say when a de
have personally cared for in
facility and can testify that
each year. Even now, appro
under 1,000 grams are being
Let no one presume that a i
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01 protoplasm mai miraci
minutes before birth. At twen
embryo has a detectable hei
function is evident in de
waves. The thyroid and adn
are present in nine to ten w<
infant can squint, swallow, i
thirteen weeks fingernails a
fetus sucks his or her thumb
outside the uterus is possible
The original zygote will <
unless some force destroys
fetus the minute before birtl
point is life meaningless an<
worth saving?
Abortion usually takes
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pi uuicuia ui iiic uiuuiei,
barrassment, or because
Abortions for rape, incest,
health problems total about
society can dispose of the ui
long will it be before we are
or handicapped because
reasons?
If man is nothing more
destined only to die and de
human life that has any inh<
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ty of life
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i in many ways, dui eventually
ust be judged by this test ? how
;pt of the sanctity of life comes
orld view which dominated the
ruth was not taught as truth, but
perfectly applied, this teaching
n view 01 numan nie in concept
teachings, people viewed life as
ed in the image of God. The loss
is led to a rapid decline in the
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; to the erosion ot the sanctity ot "
cornerstone. Abortion is "the
egnancy resulting in fetal death
duced a live birth should it have
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of our society became further
ion practice for pediatricians to
ive and resuscitative care for
nborn infants of the same size or
>eing routinely destroyed in the
rs who cannot legally purchase
(ive abortion on demand without
zed abortion contend that the '
inted and would have become
ince 1970 it is conservatively
>ver six million fewer children <
md seven because of legalized
lion children were unwanted and
rcome prime targets tor cnild j
rnble to see a concurrent drop in
. In fact, however, the incidence x<
a remarkable rate, and it is not
reporting. S(
are logical as well as moral. It is
iveloping fetus becomes viable. I j
fants in a neonatal intensive care gI
smaller infants are being saved fa
>ximately fifty percent of infants f
saved. ^
fetus is nothing more than a blob aj
iilously assumes human shape
ty-one days after fertilization, the i,
irthpat At fnrtv-fivp brain
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tectable electroencephalograph ar
enals function and sex hormones ^
ieks. At this time the developing r'a
ind move its tongue. In twelve to w
ind fingerprints are formed, the j0
, and recoils from pain. Viability i0
t in the sixth month.
develop into a complete human r<
\ it. Would an abortionist kill a fc
1? Two minutes? Three? At what
d at what point is it precious and jj,
tr
place Decause 01 economic ^
as a means of avoiding em- pj
a pregnancy is inconvenient. ,r
genetic deformity, or maternal w
; three percent of all abortions. If e,
iborn with relative impunity, how w
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?the Editor: g
I am a graduate student at \
>uth Carolina, having ?
arted school last week. My (
ife and I are both Furman j
aduates and avid football \
ns This u/wk u/#? HpciHpH -
attend the Pacific game <
ire in Columbia. When I
jpeared in Russell House to
>tain tickets, I was told that
could not buy a date ticket
r my wife, but could obtain
lother student ticket for
y wife's use. This being
ither easily accomplished,
e in blissful ignorance
oked forward to watching
ically touted Heisman
indidate Rogers and the
ist of the Gamecock
totoaii apparatus in action. I
But lo! After investing J
me in the interminable
affic to the stadium ana
loney for the privilege of
arking our car, we were
iformed at the gate that,
hile I was to be accorded
ntry into the game, my wife
as forbidden, barring some
lysterious procedure
nown as "validation",
eretofore unmentioned to
s, the new arrivals to the
ltricasies of the University
f South Carolina. Following
nother wait at yet another
ate, we were then buffetted
i the human sea outside the
tadium to the ticket winow,
where we were inormed
that a five dollar fee
/as necessary for the
nagical process of
'validation." We decided
hat we had suffered enough
or one day, so we returned
lome, in possession of the
ickets we were to have used
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u aucnu nit; gdiut;.
I am curious on several
>oints of our adventure. Why
vere we not informed of
validation when I first atempted
to buy a date ticket?
iurely the gentleman, who
)y.me way not only informed
ne that I couldn't purchase
i date ticket yet could obtain
mother student ticket, but
ilso told us of the fee at the
icket window, must have
ealized when I tried to buy a
late ticket that the person
who would use the second
ticket, my wife, was not a
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tudent. And what purpose football in Colt
vas served by denying us wife and I are al
admission to the game? watching telev
)nce the tickets were in our listening to th<
possession, no one else could Tennessee gan
jsethem. afraid that Soul
So. instead of entering the has lost two fo
ixciting world of college until such time tf
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Editors Note:
The Gamecock ran an Ariail cartoon (opposite)
as a filler on September 5 with the
caption, "If you don't read the Gamecock,
we'll shoot this dog!" It was a take-off of a
regular National Lampoon cartoon.
11.. II ! 1 * il. .
rtecenuy uie uamecocn received in me
mail an anonymous counterpoint to Ariail's
joke...
IF you shoot
-THIS 3>06....
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Robert Ariail replies in his own fashion:
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t home, she visit Williams-Brice
ision, me Stadium, and at that time,
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te. I am the visiting team.
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Dtball fans, J.B. Bowden
lat Georgia, graduate student
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