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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Solon who wrote (6291)2/21/2001 12:21:44 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (3) of 82486
 
I thought this was covered in Roe/Wade

I have opinions about Supreme Court decisions and I have opinions that might be effected by the arguments in supreme court decisions but my opinions are not decided by the results of supreme court decisions. I do not consider the US Supreme Court to be infallible.

If the foetus was a person, as you are attempting to define it, then it would have equal RIGHTS to every other person including the mother. The mother would then owe this other person nothing. None of us in society are required to donate our organs, our bone marrow, our oxygen, our anything--to any other person in society. We are not even required to give blood to another--not a fingernail, not a hair. If another tries to eat us or to take our blood or oxygen--we are entitled to take defensive measures. This is what being a person is about. It is about being SEPARATE from others--about being FREE from others.

Except for the case of rape the woman voluntarily participated in an activity which could cause a situation where this person would be dependent on her. If I owned a boat you would not have the right to demand that I let you ride in it, but if I offered you a ride I would not have the right to insist that you get off immediately once we reached deep shark infested waters. It might be my boat, but I caused you to be in it. You can argue then about women who where raped but I don't think you would be in favor of outlawing abortion in cases where the woman was not raped.

Tim
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