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- From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
- Subject: Re: Quote from ME
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.062849.52838@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 06:28:49 GMT
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- References: <23971@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> <1992Nov12.162153.1591@panix.com> <satdn4g@zola.esd.sgi.com> <1ebg8lINN3rh@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>
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- In <1ebg8lINN3rh@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
- >In article <satdn4g@zola.esd.sgi.com> cj@sgi.com writes:
- >[...]
- >>When you rape, you involve the body of another person.
- >>That person, just like you, has control over what happens
- >>to his/her body. The consent of the other person is
- >>what makes the difference between consensual sex & rape.
- >>
- >>When a woman obtains an abortion, she affects her own body.
- >>Nobody else's body is involved. (Hint: if you think otherwise,
- >>you have to prove your case.)
- >
- >The second statement is incorrect. And it is trivially easy to prove that
- >someone else's body is involved during some abortions,
-
- Clue time: *Saying* it's trivially easy to prove is *not* proving it.
-
- Hint: There's some*thing* else's body involved; what you're being asked to
- prove is that that the fetus is some*one*. The vast majority of abortions
- are performed in the first trimester, when there's undoubtedly not a person
- there. In fact, neuroscientists place the minimum point for personhood at
- 28 weeks (7 months). There are about 100 abortions performed *per year*
- in this country after the 24th week, and those are only done for serious
- health reasons.
-
- To repeat what cj said:
- >>Nobody else's body is involved. (Hint: if you think otherwise,
- >>you have to prove your case.)
- --
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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