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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 16, 1992                   TAG: 9202170217
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: E2   EDITION: METRO 
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TREAT DEVELOPING EMBRYO WITH RESPECT

LIFE IS cheap in many parts of the world today, even our own country. Some say man is the product of blind chance and really no different from animals. However, some see the individual as of great worth and morally responsible to God.

Christians believe the developing embryo must be treated with respect. That fetus is not a blob of something, but is developing into a human soul.

That embryo has a life distinct from the moment of conception. It manufactures its own blood cells and has its own heartbeat. A woman who tampers with the unborn is not just tampering with her own body. She has no right to say: "It's my body and I do as I please with it." LOUISE CRAFT ROANOKE

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