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To: Neocon who wrote (3408)	12/13/2002 4:56:26 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) of 7720

Unless you know of studies...I will assume that it is good to be alive and raised in such circumstances....... I do not question your determination that it is better to live in all cases nor do I challenge the right of any individuals to make that determination with regards to their own fertility and the lives of their potential offspring, however painful it may be to me to witness the sometimes horrible results. My question pertains to the weight your determination should have on a stranger who might make some other determination for herself. As you said up front, a conflict regarding autonomy. but there it is: society is not requiring you to keep the baby, merely to bring it to term Right now society is not requiring anyone to bring a fetus to term. We are still spared that legal usurpation of our autonomy. That some women are so cavalier about abortions is a shame, "but there it is." It is not an excuse for imposing a controversial morality on them by force of law. Persuade, not impose, IMO. And back to my original point, it is not useful to be dismissive towards those one hopes to persuade. Of course, if you want to impose rather than persuade, your attitude toward the imposee is of much less importance.

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