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- From: smezias@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Jim, the chastity belt theory, and me, Part 2
- Message-ID: <32779@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:51:19 GMT
- References: <32728@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <32731@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <1992Nov17.060654.15779@panix.com>
- Organization: NYU Stern School of Business
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- In article <1992Nov17.060654.15779@panix.com> jk@panix.com (Jim Kalb)
- writes:
-
- >K., S. & T. show that our plans for the future and who we feel should
- >be responsible for what have no strong connection to what sorts of
- >things we believe are likely to happen? I am sceptical.
-
- What I stated is that there is no connection between actual
- probabilities of events and our perceptions about them; these
- inaccurate perceptions in turn guide our planning.
-
- >>Besides I agree we need to hold people responsible for pregnancy,
- >>including the responsible choice to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
- >
- >Whether that choice is responsible, of course, depends on the nature
- >of the act, which in turn depends on the nature of the z/e/f. That's
- >what the whole dispute depends on.
-
- It depends on the person making the choice according to current law,
- which I hope to see strengthened with the signing of the FOCA. The
- whole dispute depends on whether you or the woman carrying a child is
- better qualified to decide how to handle the pregnancy.
-
- SJM
-