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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: bodily autonomy
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 15:36:11 GMT
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- peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
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- >>peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
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- >>>I don't see how compelling a NCP to support a child violates his/her
- >>>bodily autonomy.
- >
- >>Would compelling *you* to pay for *my* child violate your bodily autonomy?
- >
- >>That is, would it be a physical restriction on you if you were given
- >>the choice to: (1) work 40 hours per week and give me 1/4 your salary;
- >>or (2) sit in jail?
- >
- >No. It is not the same as forcing a person to undergo unwanted surgery.
- >It is not the same as forcing a person to remain pregnant against their will.
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- I didn't ask if it were the same as pregnancy or abortion.
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- I asked whether it would be a physical restriction on you.
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- Don
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