Monday, Oct. 22, 1962
University Daily Kansan
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Against Legalized Abortion
Editor;
In commentary on the debate held Friday evening on "Should Abortion Be Legalized?" it seems that the very basis for any conclusive con argument was omitted from the debate. We must first ask ourselves the question, "What is a human being?"
Such a being, man, is a body-soul unity, the soul being responsible for the faculties of intellect and will, which are immaterial spiritual faculties, not limited to time or space, for they may transcend either and both. That which is responsible for these faculties must indeed also be immaterial and therefore spiritual, for a totally material thing cannot cause something immaterial to exist.
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SINCE THE faculties of intellect and will inhere within the soul, the soul is spiritual and immaterial. This is distinct from the soul of animals or plants, which is a material soul that decomposes upon the death of the irrational being in which it inheres. At this point of the discussion, we see a need to assume the immorality of the human soul and the fact that the soul of anything is what gives it life. The soul is the principle of life in any living being. In other words, the soul gives existence to any living being.
Let us examine a baby. It is in the form of a miniature adult and because of certain rational activities it manifests, no matter how immature these activities be, we call it a human being. As it grows, it gains more and more use of the spiritual faculties of intellect and will. It is obvious that any such activities carried on by a baby, a child, an adolescent, or an adult, truly denote that being as human.
BUT THE SOUL is that which gives existence to any being and the soul of man is immaterial as we have seen. Hence at the very moment of conception, a fetus must have a soul; otherwise it would not exist. This soul is the same soul it has from conception to death, even though the body changes as it grows within the womb, emerges from the womb as a baby—a "miniature adult," and continues changing throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Hence humanity is not found in what the body looks like, but in the existence of the soul within that body.
From this rational philosophical analysis of what a fetus is, it is quite evident that to abort an expectant mother in any matter so as to directly take the life of the fetus is the same as directly killing any other human being so as to save another's physical life, mental health, or economic stability. We all realize that to take another's life for any such reason can only be done under certain grave circumstances, whose gravity must outweigh the seriousness of the life taking act. War, defense of one's own life, defense of those things equivalent to life such as chastity, property and limbs, are examples of those things commonly accepted as serious enough to warrant the taking of another's life.
THIS SAME AGRUMENT is valid with regard to abortion. Therapeutic abortion is a serious act which must be committed in order to remedy a very serious situation. It is allowable since it is not intended to result in the direct killing of the fetus, but death is a by-product, an indirect result of the act. Hence if a fetus is developing within a womb in such a way that it will not live, but will imperil the mother's existence by its very presence, the mother may be therapeutically aborted.
Another example is the woman who must have radiation treatments of some organ within her abdomen. She is pregnant and the treatments will cause the death of the fetus, but unless she receives them she will die from cancer. Here the death of the fetus is not intended by those performing the act, but it results as an unwanted by-product. There are numerous examples which illustrate sufficient reason to warrant a therapeutic abortion.
The conclusion is that legalized abortion is unethical and certainly not a moral means of solving the problems with regard to pregnancy, birth control, and famine, which plague medical men, economists, families, religious groups, and indeed all mankind. Granted, it seems at first glance to be an "easy" solution, an "easy way out," but it is a most falicious and materialistic one.
Larry Page
Brewerton, N. Y., graduate student
Residents of Lewis Hall should be congratulated for their stand against the food at their hall. We, the residents of Joseph R. Pearson Hall, would like to make our similar grievances known.
We feel that starch is very necessary also, but why go so far beyond the point of necessity? Watermelon is JRP's equivalent of the jello at Lewis. However, we've not only had it twice a day, we've had it twice a day for the last three weeks.
Meager servings of meat are a continually increasing complaint at JRP. At times we have a regular portion of meat (whatever variety it may be), but more often we've had two stick-like slivers of ham lunch meal for lunch or two paper-thin pieces of bacon at breakfast, just to mention a few.
We would also like to invite anyone to visit our cafeteria, ask our residents, and judge for themselves the weight of this article. We would like to see more letters for the "Feed KU" campaign in the Daily Kansan and other individual hall papers. We also would like, again, to congratulate Lewis residents on their fine effort and extend our support to them.
WE, FOR A FACT, know that Carruth-O'Leary Hall has had exceptionally better food than we have had. We also know that their allowance for food (per person) is the same as ours. Why then is their food so much better? We feel that the better food we've had at times should be a standard for the food we have always. No one meal should be exceptionally better or worse than another,
JRP Food Criticized
Editor:
Jeff Donnain
Webster Groves, Mo., freshman
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CONCOCTIONS ARE welcomed as a change and a variety; however, if only they could be better instead of worse. Peanut butter and bacon sandwiches must be very popular among the dieticians. The sack lunches at JRP aren't as bad as at Lewis; however, we've noticed an exceptional new sandwich—peanut butter and pickles. (Watch out, Lewis!) Add to this fine list of concoctions the new recipe for Boston Brown (actually Black) Bread, and the menu should be complete for the rest of the year.
We not only have problems with the food, but also with the amount.
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