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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: bentway who wrote (281109)4/6/2006 1:32:23 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 1572784
 
and to codify that unchecked reproduction is NOT a "right", but a privelige.

Congress doesn't have the constitutional authority to regulate reproduction. In that sense it is a right under the constitution. Things are murkier for state regulation but I think our courts would be likely to extend protection against state laws as well if such laws could ever get passed in the first place.

In terms of natural rights, I believe it is indeed a natural right, and its basically none of the governments business. In theory at a certain point practical considerations could justify the government stepping in anyway but I see no reason to think that the government is going to automatically make better decisions then individuals, and even if I did think it could do so, the restrictions would be at best a "necessary evil", a violation of rights justified by practical concerns.

But in reality it isn't even necessary. There is no population crisis in the US.

Tim
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