plunkett@rlgvax.UUCP (Scott Plunkett) (03/09/84)
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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.
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