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- From: smezias@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Jim, the chastity belt theory, and me, Part 6
- Message-ID: <32736@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:23:49 GMT
- Organization: NYU Stern School of Business
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- More from <1992Nov15.190305.26198@panix.com> jk@panix.com (Jim Kalb):
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- >As stated, I do not hold the second assumption* with any rigor and
- (*that male support payments are commensurate with forced pregnancy)
- >don't see why I have to hold it at all in order to support legal
- >prohibition of most abortions. The further conclusion you draw seems
- >odd to me. Why can't you imagine that someone might think that a
- >z/e/f has value rather like that of an infant and that protection of
- >that value is sufficient motivation for restrictions on abortion?
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- Because you are willing to sacrifice that /z/e/f/ in the case of rape
- where the mother does not also need to be punished for engaging in
- consensual sex.
-