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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 3
- Message-ID: <32733@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:19:18 GMT
- References: <32728@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- 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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- >Such difficulties are forseeable and parents are obligated to deal
- >with them. The issue you raised is whether that obligation should
- >include a legally-enforceable obligation to be an organ donor if need
- >be. I said I didn't have a very strong view on the subject, but since
- >organ donations (unlike pregnancy) haven't become part of the
- >universal pattern of life they seem less eligible as a matter for the
- >imposition of legal obligations.
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- You contradict yourself in this paragraph. Will the real Jim please
- stand up. Are the difficulties foreseeable or not? How does an event
- qualify as part of what you have called the universal pattern of life?
- Exactly what percentage of the population need to be affected?
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- SJM
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