The Pre-Persons

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates "The Pre-Persons" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine, October 1974.[1]

The story was an anti-abortion response to Roe v. Wade.[2] Dick imagines a future where the United States Congress has decided that abortion is legal until the soul enters the body. The specific instant is defined by the administration, at present the moment a person has the ability to perform simple algebraic calculations (around the age of 12).

The main protesterTemplate:Snda former Stanford mathematics majorTemplate:Snddemands to be taken to the abortion center, since he claims to have forgotten all his algebra.

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