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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Pro-choicers must condone infanticide
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.033234.4258@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1992Dec22.234506.23392@ncar.ucar.edu> <1992Dec23.013411.7322@ncsu.edu> <1992Dec23.193014.13808@ncar.ucar.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 03:32:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.193014.13808@ncar.ucar.edu> kauff@neit.cgd.ucar.edu (Brian Kauffman) writes:
- >
- >...t.a is largely about spending undue effort to repeatedly
- >point out obvious errors in reasoning. Some honest criticism: I think
- >such faulty arguments actually hurt the pro-life cause because they serve
- >to reinforce the association of faulty reasoning with pro-lifers.
- >Ie. pro-lifer's are their own worst enemy.
-
- Excellent point. I would add, though, that the same applies to pro-choicers.
-
- (This is primarily in response to the occasional charges that I "must be
- pro-force" because I spend a fair amount of time arguing AGAINST various
- specious arguments for pro-choice and/or against pro-life, such as
-
- o "abortion can be handled as strictly a medical issue"
-
- o "legislation is distinguishable from morality" / "morality
- should not be legislated"
-
- o "the collective has no (moral(?)) right to abrogate the legal
- rights of an individual"
-
- o "a fetus has no value whatsoever"
-
- o "a fetus is just a parasite"
-
- o "a fetus is just a part of the woman's body"
-
- o "a fetus is no different than a cancer"
-
- o "pro-life is inherently a religious view"
-
- o "pro-life is inherently misogynistic"
-
- o "restrictive abortion laws violate Equal Protection"
-
- o "deadly self-defense is generally permissible against rape"
-
- o "abortion is not 'murder' in any sense, because it's currently
- legal"
-
- This is just a sampling of things that make pro-choice look foolish, and which
- I have therefore attacked. Just call me Mr. Pro-Choice Quality Control :-)
-
- - Kevin
-