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- From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
- Subject: Re: Male Choice Revisited
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:54:42 GMT
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- In article <1i4ul0INNjf6@gap.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >
- >>Notification of pregnancy is not a violation of the mother's right to
- >>privacy. Rights end where others begin; a pregnancy exists in part because
- >>of the other, and when fatherhood is the issue, that "other" certainly has
- >>the right to know.
- >
- >Would you be satisfied with paternal notification of the child's birth?
- >I would have no problem with that with regards to privacy considerations,
- >since the birth is already a matter of the public record. (I have problems
- >with requiring additional governmental paperwork, but that is not an
- >direct inequity issue.) However, requiring a woman to notify anyone of
- >her pregnancy is a violation of her privacy.
-
- Its not a violation of her privacy if you intend the result of her actions,
- and the result of that pregnancy, to impact on SOMEONE ELSE'S financial
- future.
-
- Michal, this shows your true colors on the issue.
-
- Women should be free to keep from men the fact that they are pregnant,
- presumably to keep them from influencing their decision on whether or not to
- bear the child.
-
- However, those same women should be able to bill the man for the result of
- >her decision<, without his input, and without his concern.
-
- Equality? What's that?
-
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