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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (7196)	3/2/2001 11:05:29 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"If you have a right but no ability to exercise it, some would say it is less valuable" I left this out intentionally to avoid muddying the discussion. I am surprised you introduced it. I am examineing ideas more then I am arguing to win. I doubt either of us is ever going to convince the other and even if I did convince you to agree with me it would not change the legal and practical status of this issue. Nobody can force a woman to bring a foetus into existence. It is her body. If you tried to force her, she could kill herself, which would prove that neither you nor I own her mind and body. If we did, her life would have no meaning, but neither would ours--because we would not own our minds either... If we are talking about a pregnant woman then the fetus is all ready in existance. I believe you meant no one can force her to carry the fetus to term. This (in most cases) is true but is a matter of the power she has to control the situation. If you stop someone from killing someone else it does not mean that you own them or that either your life or hers would have no meaning. Tim