Barbara Lamar wrote:
> I've seen arguments about whether or not fetuses can feel
> anything. Of course they can feel. I've dealt with non-
> human animals (cats, lambs, hamsters, rabbits) who've had
> spontaneous abortions, and also chickens whose eggs I've
> opened, thinking they were dead; and the immature animals
> that come out can obviously feel--what they feel I don't
> know for sure, but the way they writhe around indicates
> that it's not pleasant. Why pretend they can't feel?
> (I've read literature intended to help women reach a
> decision on whether or not to get an abortion, and it
> stated that a fetus cannot feel)
I find the concept of a "humane death" to be ridiculous
anyway. If I suffer before I die there is nobody capable of
registering that pain. A "humane death" seems to allude
to a Great Chalkboard in the Sky where Someone keeps tab of
all that pain and alters our Karma accordingly.
BM
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