plunkett@rlgvax.UUCP (Scott Plunkett) (03/09/84)
. If women laid eggs, scrambling them would be illegal. It helps a whole lot in having a new human develop hidden in the darkness of a womens' womb. That way it may be vacuumed up and quickly whipped out of sight, no ugly mess, no visible loss, no items to be counted in a basket. Did you hear of the following recent case, which we could entitle, "Yes, But Is It Art?". Seems a lady artist incorporated into an abstract painting a jar containing an aborted human fetus. One imagines the entire work made some artistic statement regarding the ethics of abortion. It caused quite a fuss amongst local authorities and various citizens groups. Too offensive; "pornographic" by some peoples definition. Pro- and anti-abortion folks were equally put out. It was discovered in state law that the display of a dead human being is illegal, and thus moves were afoot to remove the art work from public view. The irony, in post-Roe vs. Wade America, perhaps indicates a level of hypocrisy and moral confusion as should sicken any thinking person. -- ..{allegra,seismo}!rlgvax!plunkett