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  1. Xref: sparky talk.abortion:57695 alt.abortion.inequity:6702
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  3. From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
  4. Newsgroups: talk.abortion,alt.abortion.inequity
  5. Subject: Re: sexist assumptions
  6. Message-ID: <C1D6qo.8rv@cs.psu.edu>
  7. Date: 24 Jan 93 15:23:12 GMT
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  13. peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
  14. >beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
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  16. >>peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
  17. >>>beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
  18. >>>>Man A's condom breaks, woman has abortion, man A pays no child support.
  19. >>>>Man B's condom breaks, woman has child, man B pays $200,000.
  20. >
  21. >>Man A and man B have acted identically.  But only man B can be "fined"
  22. >>(and indeed possibly imprisoned).  Why the difference?
  23. >
  24. >Because man B has a child that he is obliged to support.  Man A does not.
  25.  
  26. You've restated the problem, not answered it.
  27.  
  28. Why the difference?
  29.  
  30.  
  31. Hints:  Who caused the difference?
  32.         Who caused an obligation to exist, if one does in fact exist?
  33.  
  34. Don
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  36. beaver@cs.psu.edu                       Opinions from the PC-challenged
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