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- From: mon@cray.com (Muriel Nelson)
- Subject: Re: Christian Pro-Choicers
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.110403.26561@hemlock.cray.com>
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- References: <lm1g5pINNegu@ar-rimal.cs.utexas.edu> <1993Jan25.093753.3864@hemlock.cray.com> <Jan26.010511.74729@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 11:04:03 CST
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- In article <Jan26.010511.74729@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> sa114984@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Steven Arnold) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan25.093753.3864@hemlock.cray.com>, mon@cray.com (Muriel Nelson) writes:
- >|> In article <lm1g5pINNegu@ar-rimal.cs.utexas.edu> brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley) writes:
- >|>
- >|> >A _very_ admirable position. As I've said before, religious arguments to
- >|> >support U.S. code just wouldn't apply to anyone not in that religion but
- >|> >still a U.S. citizen. My stance, in that light, is non-religious (unless
- >|> >someone can point out any flaws in my reason): A fetus' liberty is as
- >|> >equally valuable as that of anyone else, and furthermore, when one or
- >|> >the other's liberty must be compromised, the law should choose the least
- >|> >restrictive course.
- >|> >
- >|> How can the fetus' liberty be valuable? Of necessity, it is
- >|> on a very short leash. It is in the nature of a fetus to
- >|> have very little liberty. Whenever I see the argument that
- >|> fetuses should have the same rights/liberties as anyone else,
- >|> I always wonder, how are you going to go about allowing them
- >|> to peaceably assemble?
- >
- > The same thing could be said about paraplegics...
- > Lack of capacity to exercize rights does not imply no rights.
- >
- >Steve
-
- Hi Steve.
-
- I see your attitude towards the physically disabled is
- just as appropriate as your attitude towards women.
- FYI, paraplegics can and do peacefully assemble without
- trampling on the rights of others.
-
- muriel
- standard disclaimer
-