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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: Pro-choicers must condone infanticide
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.175326.23496@ncsu.edu>
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- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Dec15.025342.12892@ncsu.edu> <1992Dec15.130048.7921@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:53:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec15.130048.7921@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- edp@math.zk3.dec.com (Eric Postpischil) writes:
-
- > since defending one's bodily rights requires directly "violating" the
- > rights of another, it is wrong to do so.
-
- So if a pregnant woman drinks alcohol and takes drugs,
- thus 'attacking' her child and violating the child's
- right to bodily autonomy, does it follow that the child
- should have the right to 'abort' the woman?
-
- > For example, if a burglar
- > enters a person's home, does the homeowner not have a right to fight off
- > the burglar simply because that would directly "violate" the burglar's
- > bodily rights?
-
- Yes, the homeowner has the right to fight off the burglar,
- because the burglar committed an immoral and illegal act.
- The mere existence of an innocent child in the woman's womb
- is neither immoral nor illegal.
-
- >-- edp (Eric Postpischil)
-
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- Doug Holtsinger
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