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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Privacy -- and responsibility
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.023900.2925@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1j7b3fINN7ve@gap.caltech.edu> <1993Jan18.181659.21921@rotag.mi.org> <C13y4J.8u0@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:39:00 GMT
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- In article <C13y4J.8u0@newcastle.ac.uk> Chris.Holt@newcastle.ac.uk (Chris Holt) writes:
- >kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >
- >>A woman can abort after conception occurs, thus achieving a) physical removal
- >>of the fetus, and b) discharge of all child support liabilities. Sounds pretty
- >>damned close to "responsibility free" to me.
- >
- >If you think there are no responsibilities associated with abortion,
- >then I suppose so.
-
- Compare it to the alternative, i.e. carrying the child to term.
-
- >>Why does a man have no equivalent to choice (b)?
- >
- >Well now; consider the case where (b) is the only reason for a woman
- >to have an abortion. That is, there are no rapes, no congenital
- >defects, no pain or possible medical problems for the mother or
- >child-to-be. Do you think such a society would make abortion
- >legal or illegal? If the latter, it suggests that (b) is not
- >considered sufficient reason for abortion.
-
- Hmmm... neither (a) nor (b) were offered as JUSTIFICATIONS of abortion
- availability, they were cited as BENEFITS thereof. Why should the man be
- denied the separable benefits of abortion availability that apply to him?
- Certainly (a) is of null applicability to him, but why deny him (b)?
-
- - Kevin
-