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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 5
- Message-ID: <32735@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:21:20 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):
-
- >Because the z/e/f has value not that different from the value of an
- >infant, because the only way the woman can avoid the servitude is by
- >destroying the z/e/f and because apart from cases of rape (and
- >presumably incest) requiring the continuation of the pregnancy would
- >not violate any right of autonomy any more than the general rule that
- >people are responsible for the forseeable results of their actions
- >does.
-
- Your assertion about the value of the /z/e/f/ is your opinion, and you
- are entitled to it. I just don't understand why you want to enact
- laws that force everyone to conform to it. Your argument that you can
- justify this in terms of the forseeable results of action simply does
- not hold water. We regularly release people from responsibilities
- that have a much stronger link with particular behaviors than the link
- between a pregnancy and an act of sex.
-
- SJM
-