Weird...content of post didn't show up. Here is her email addy. - Zoe Williams, williamz@mscd.edu
Thanks, here's my e-mail to her(with thanks to other posters for their thoughts):
Dear Zoe,
Abortion is legal for any reason until the end of the second trimester, and for virtually any reason until full term. Perhaps you need a few biology classes, they aren't masses of cells the size of kumquats.
By the way, even the first mass of cells contains the complete genetic code for a unique human being who will never be replicated. Sad that you think of him or her as disposable simply because he or she doesn't look like a person. Sadder still that you respect the autonomy of cows so much you won't even drink milk, yet unborn humans can be ripped into small pieces without anesthesia simply for having the misfortune to still reside in the uterus. Those are some pretty screwed up priorities, IMO.
Sincerely,
Mother of three, two of whom were born at a gestational age when they could have been legally aborted in all fifty states for any reason. If you like I'll send you some photos or video of my yawning, crying, stretching, thumb-sucking, reactive to pain, soothed when held by their mother, "masses of cells the size of kumquats". Or maybe you could spend a couple of days in a neonatal ICU so you can at least have some clue about your subject matter.