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Date: | Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:58:28 EDT |
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Kathy,
you really need to read the newspaper more. Or you can look it up in an
encyclopedia or dictionary.
abortion is when they kill a fetus (baby) before it comes out of the mother's
womb.
Euthanasia is when people kill people by giving them drugs. It is usually
done when people are considered terminal and not to live for more than 6
months.
Elizabeth Boviour was / is? A woman with CP who wanted to be given drugs so
she could kill herself when she was very depressed. She had CP, and had gone
to college, but could not find a job, and then everybody she knew began to
die, or go away, and instead of dealing with depression, she just wanted to
kill herself.
Hawking, is Stephen hawking, an astrophysicist who is in a wheelchair due to
Lou gerhig's disease. He can't do anything for himself, yet he has the
brilliant mind of a scientist.
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