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- From: smezias@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Jim gives rationale for pro-choice stance in 1 sentence.
- Message-ID: <33078@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 14:56:06 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.135322.8688@panix.com> <1ejhs2INNldl@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> <1992Nov21.165104.10764@panix.com>
- Organization: NYU Stern School of Business
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- In article <1992Nov21.165104.10764@panix.com> jk@panix.com (Jim Kalb)
- writes:
-
- >Another way of looking at it is to treat the preservation and
- >enhancement of the particular human lives that actually exist as
- >important.
-
- Precisely, this is why living women should be allowed to control their
- own bodies even at the expense of potential people. If you believe
- otherwise, please give an example where a non-criminal person is ever
- compelled to give bodily servitude to an existing person.
-
- >And what should people do if their principles differ and lead them
- >into conflict? It seems to me the outcome is the war of all against
- >all unless they can find some principles to agree on.
-
- You are not proposing a war of all against all; you are proposing a
- punishment for some (women) in the name of all (our legal system).
- Can you say Jihad, Jim? How many lashes would you prescribe for women
- who do not do everything in their power to ensure that the child they
- are being forced to bear turns out healthy? Would you personally like
- to administer this punishment?
-
- SJM
-