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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Darcy and viability as important dividing line.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.225912.15810@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <34637@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <1992Dec26.221930.12985@rotag.mi.org> <34645@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 22:59:12 GMT
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- In article <34645@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> smezias@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec26.221930.12985@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org
- >(Kevin Darcy) writes in response to my question regarding header
- >topic:
- >
- >>>Please explain the relevance of this dividing line to abortion.
- >>
- >>It marks the line between where the death of the fetus is strictly NECESSARY
- >>versus where it is usually OPTIONAL, in order to preserve the BA rights of
- >>the pregnant woman.
- >
- >I thought the relationship of the /z/e/f/ with the bodily autonomy of
- >the mother had to do with the location of the /z/e/f/ and not its
- >viability. Please point out where I went wrong.
-
- You are confusing the JUSTIFICATION of a right, with the permissible manner
- of its ASSERTION. An assertion of BA rights, as you correctly point out, is
- justified by the location of the z/e/f; however, the right that may be
- asserted is primarily one of REMOVAL (i.e. changing the "location" of that
- z/e/f), not necessarily destruction. That's where you went wrong.
-
- - Kevin
-