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- From: dking@raul.nas.nasa.gov (Dan King)
- Subject: Re: restrictions
- References: <1992Nov17.162948.18306@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov17.215532.7928@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov18.175129.12959@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov19.192808.662@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 15:29:58 GMT
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- eb>In article <1992Nov19.192808.662@midway.uchicago.edu> eeb1@quads.uchicago.edu (e elizabeth bartley) writes:
- dk>In article <1992Nov18.175129.12959@nas.nasa.gov> dking@raul.nas.nasa.gov (Dan King) writes:
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- dk>Apparently I do not know any better. I would think that those of
- dk>you all wishing to restrict abortion rights to protect viable fetus
- dk>would come up with legislation that would accomplish your goals.
- dk>I have not seen any of this that would protect the right of the
- dk>woman. Therefore, I think it is safe for me to assume that it is
- dk>not possible. If you disagree, then post this magical legislation.
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- eb>Ray asked a question. You made a statement. The standards of proof
- eb>are rather different.
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- Your right. Let me back up a second. Ray asked the following question:
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- rf>Isn't there some way of protecting viable fetuses while ensuring the
- rf>right of a woman to end the pregnancy?
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- The abortion question is a case of conflicting rights. The right of
- the fetus versus the right of the woman. If you want to answer this
- conflict with legislation, the legislation would have to give the
- right to one side at the expense of the other. Ray asked if it was
- possible to answer this conflict by ensuring both rights. This is
- not possible when they are conflicting rights like this. I would
- say there are non-legislative ways to do this. There are ways to
- lesson the conflict by encouraging one side or the other to give
- up some of their rights for the other. But legislation does not
- have the ability to do this.
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- Of course I could be wrong about all this and perhaps there is some
- sort of magical legislation that I am not aware of. I'd be
- interested in hearing it.
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- eb>Pro-Choice Anti-Roe - E. Elizabeth Bartley
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- Dan King
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