I don't know, Frank. I hope the answer is "nothing". I don't know that, though.

Just as there are reported near-death experiences, might there be 'near-life experiences'?

I don't have a real problem with abortion- as many spontaneous abortions as there are, I have no doubt but that if a person is meant to be born, that person will be born some time, and I do feel strongly that an abortion is between a woman and her doctor- and her beliefs. Like they say, if you don't believe in abortion, don't have one. But if a fetus is aware and sensitive I dislike very much the idea that it feels pain.

We know that a fish feels pain, for that matter, I have no doubt but that an earthworm feels pain. Incidentally, I should mention that in my opinion Mrrzy's blithe dismissal of the fetal process is just a touch over the top.

See, our problem, Stringsinger, is that we are not only not on the same page, we're not in the same book.