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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: Pro-choicers must condone infanticide
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.174359.23172@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Dec15.025342.12892@ncsu.edu> <1992Dec15.180606.27847@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:43:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec15.180606.27847@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- jap@cbnews.cb.att.com (james.a.parker) writes:
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- > I argue for pro-choice on the basis that the mother is under no obligation
- > to provide support to the child. This is independent of the question of
- > personhood.
-
- During most abortions, the child's right to bodily autonomy is
- violated. If the child is a person, then you cannot support
- unrestricted abortion-on-demand using the notion of bodily
- autonomy.
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- > This condones "infanticide" only if there is no cost-effective way to
- > cease providing support short of "infanticide".
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- Why does the morality of infanticide depend on the amount of
- money which is necessary to transfer custody of an infant
- to another care-taker?
-
- >James Parker
-
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- Doug Holtsinger
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