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- From: cj@eno.esd.sgi.com (C J Silverio)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: consenting to sex is surrendering rights? (was: Blackmun calls...)
- Message-ID: <ueguljc@zola.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 04:46:35 GMT
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- Reply-To: cj@sgi.com (C J Silverio)
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- vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
- |Ms. Smith consented to have sex. In so doing she has surrendered her rights
- |to bodily integrity and personal autonomy. [...]
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- Oh, really? Can you show me the contract she signed when she had
- sex? Can you show me exactly where the US Constitution says that
- people who have sex give up these rights? Can you explain to me
- what "inalienable" rights are in this context?
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- C J Silverio cj@sgi.com ceej@well.sf.ca.us
- "People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that
- differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute." --Rebecca West
-