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To: tejek who wrote (164170)	3/14/2003 2:04:28 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 1573678

A fetus doesn't have an active brain; a woman does. Brain waves can be detected early in the pregnancy. Even before that point the fetus is a human life. Also there are millions of women who are pro-life. More are pro choice......you would think that would tell you something. The % of woman who are pro life and pro choice are only modestly different then the % of men. The percentage of woman who are strongly and activly pro-life is actually higher then the percentage of men (who on the average tend to be less active on both sides of the issue). Most women feel that men have had more than their fair share of say. Most implies not just a majority but a very strong majority. There is no such very strong pro-choice majority. Also for your statement to be true you would not just need to have a very strong pro-choice majority but also have the majority of pro-choice women feel that men should have no say in regards to making the law about this issue. I'm not sure that that second point is true. Finally even if your discription of opinion is accurate, that doesn't mean the opinion is correct or that others should defer to that opinion. "What about post menapausal or infertile women? If they can't "bear the brunt of whatever is decided" do they not get to have a say on the political issue?" Do you think you know better than an infertile woman whats best for women? I didn't say that I know better then infertile women. You said that people who are directly effected should make the decision (ignoring the unborn who are most effected). Well infertile and post menapausal women are not pregnant. Should they also have a say on the law in this area or does their opinion not get considered? What about all the other laws where the people most effected do not get to decide. Should drug dealers and prostitutes (and their clients) be the only people with input in to laws about drugs and prostitution? Should smokers (And perhaps people who are hyper sensitive to second hand smoke) be the only people with input on to laws and taxes dealing with tobacco and cigarettes? I know I wouldn't want women telling me if I should get circumsized or not. Getting cirumsized doesn't kill anyone. Also a woman did (perhaps in concert with your father and and maybe a doctor) make a decision about whether you should get circumsized or not. Should fathers be the only one who gets to make this decision about children? If the practice is regulated should men be the only people to have any input on the regulations? Tim

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