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- From: markp@joplin.wri.com (Mark Pundurs)
- Subject: Re: The issue is abortion, not choice
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- References: <1993Jan26.220432.23173@netcom.com> <C1HKFw.38v@hpchase.rose.hp.com> <1k4ln8INN8k3@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:42:53 GMT
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- In <1k4ln8INN8k3@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> regard@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com (Adrienne Regard) writes:
-
- >In article <C1HKFw.38v@hpchase.rose.hp.com> hamilton@mothra.rose.hp.com (Steve Hamilton) writes:
- >> I guess my point is, why do we give a magical "right" to a baby outside
- >> the womb, and none to the baby in the womb.
-
- >Because one is outside the womb and the other isn't.
-
- >Of what practical use is 'autonomy' when the fetus is necessarily confined
- >within the boundaries of a human being? How does one practice a 'right to
- >life' when one is causing grave physical harm to it's host, who doesn't want
- >it?
-
- >Check that: one isn't merely outside the womb and the other isn't. Rather,
- >one is outside the WOMAN and the other isn't.
-
- >The only way this *doesn't* matter is if the woman doesn't matter.
-
- >I happen to think she does.
-
- So do I. But if the mother was free to choose (through non-procreative
- sex, or abstinence) guaranteed non-pregnancy, then a subsequent violation
- of the z/e/f's right to life is not an ethical option.
-
- >Adrienne Regard
-
- Mark Pundurs
-