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- From: smezias@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Jim's logic problems extend beyond mere equivalence.
- Message-ID: <33020@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 19:18:19 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.153013.14588@panix.com> <32957@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <1992Nov20.141840.10285@panix.com>
- Organization: NYU Stern School of Business
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- In article <1992Nov20.141840.10285@panix.com> jk@panix.com (Jim Kalb) writes:
-
- >I don't understand the grounds for the assertions you make well enough
- >to continue the discussion. You were the one who raised the analogy
- >between drunk driving and sex. As I've pointed out repeatedly,
- >responsibility for one's acts is not necessarily punishment so
- >prohibiting abortion where the pregnancy is due to the voluntary act
- >of the woman is not necessarily treating the woman as a criminal.
-
- I raised the analogy of drunk driving to suggest that we don't even
- force *criminals* to use their bodies to support their victims. Why
- do you want to punish the voluntary acts of women (by forcing them
- into bodily servitude) as you would punish drunk drivers (by forcing
- them to donate body stuff to save victims)? That is the question. In
- response, you assert that having the state use its resources to force
- women who engage in consensual sex to carry all pregnancies to term is
- not punishment; I find this claim downright disingenuous.
-
- SJM
-