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- From: aidler@sanjuan.UVic.CA (E Alan Idler)
- Subject: Re: independent party? (was: Abortion, Caves, Galen)
- Message-ID: <aidler.725888809@sanjuan>
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- Organization: University of Victoria
- References: <1992Dec21.050552.130@ncsu.edu> <1992Dec21.175756.18186@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <aidler.725417859@sanjuan> <1992Dec28.115856.25977@hemlock.cray.com> <aidler.725614614@sanjuan> <u7dtllg@zola.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 11:46:49 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- cj@eno.esd.sgi.com.esd.sgi.com (C.J. Silverio) writes:
-
- >In article <aidler.725614614@sanjuan>, aidler@sanjuan.UVic.CA writes:
- >|An independent party needs to consider the opinion of
- >|experts along with the interests of mother and child and
- >|evaluate how realistic the woman's desire for an
- >|abortion is compared with any reasonable alternatives.
-
- >Why? Why is it the business of any "independent party"? Why
- >not allow the woman or the couple (if it exists) to make
- >decisions about her body? Have you heard of the concept of a
- >"right to privacy"?
-
- I am extending human rights to the fetus.
- To extinquish those rights without an
- independent evaluation is not just.
-
- >Would you like this "independent party" to make other decisions
- >concerning this woman's body as well? Say, which birth control
- >method she should be using, which kinds of treatments she get
- >for various illnesses, etc.?
-
- How people manage their private lives is none
- of my concern.
-
- >Note that no child is involved in abortion. The woman's
- >interests are the only interests to consider. If you feel
- >otherwise, you have to prove your case.
-
- Parents have children.
- A pregnant woman is already a parent
- (whether you or she chooses to acknowledge it or not).
-
- A IDLER
-