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To: RON BL who wrote (185916)	9/23/2001 11:51:35 PM
From: Ga Bard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

You picked the wrong woman to reference because Ayn Rand's opion is identical to mine. What was Ayn Rand's view on abortion? Excerpt from “Of Living Death” The Objectivist, October 1968: "An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the unborn). Abortion is a moral right--which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition she is to make of the functions of her own body?" You want more .... Supreme Court Should Protect Right to Abortion in Current Partial Birth Case ... plain-text version of this article is available at aynrand.org. Supreme Court Should Protect Right to Abortion in Current Partial-Birth Case by Glenn Woiceshyn (Click here to download an image of this author for print publication.) ... aynrand.org , 7702 bytes Abortion Rights Are Pro-Life ... The following editorial has been produced by the Ayn Rand Institute’s MediaLink department. Visit MediaLink at aynrand.org. Abortion rights are pro-life. They give a woman the right to control her own body, which is part of her right to her own freedom and life. An embryo, in contrast ... aynrand.org , 6800 bytes Abortion: An Absolute Right ... Rand Institute’s MediaLink department. Visit MediaLink at aynrand.org. Despite Roe v. Wade’s ruling giving women the right to abortion, the Court reached this decision by balancing a woman’s rights against the State’s “interests” in her health and in that of potential life. As ... aynrand.org , 7282 bytes Ayn Rand Institute \| FAQ ... I read Ayn Rand's view on ...? Does Objectivism support Libertarianism? What was Ayn Rand's view on capital punishment? What was Ayn Rand's view on abortion? Is Objectivism atheistic? What is the Objectivist attitude toward religion? What was Ayn Rand's view on charity? Does Objectivism hold that all ... aynrand.org , 39667 bytes Does the State Now Own Your Body? MediaLink The following editorial has been produced by the Ayn Rand Institute's MediaLink department. Visit MediaLink at aynrand.org. A plain-text version of this article is available at aynrand.org. Does the State Now Own Your Body? By Andrew ... aynrand.org , 6291 bytes [partial.txt] ... Phone: 310.306 9232 Fax: 310.306 4925 E-mail: scottm@aynrand.org www.aynrand.org Contact: Scott McConnell Supreme Court Should Protect Right to Abortion in Current Partial Birth Case By Glenn Woiceshyn Anti-abortionists are making a comeback. A woman's right to abortion is rapidly being eroded by the ... aynrand.org 03/26/01, 5905 bytes MediaLink \| Speakers and Writers Thomas A. Bowden Specialties: Legal issues, physician-assisted suicide, abortion rights, mandatory community service. Mr. Bowden, an attorney in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland, taught at the University of Baltimore School of Law from 1988 to 1994. Author of a booklet against multiculturalism ... aynrand.org , 1375 bytes [reprint_sample.txt] ... can be directed to mail@aynrand.org. You may print one copy for personal use. The "Partial-Birth" Smokescreen by Glenn Woiceshyn When abortion was illegal in America, many women died or suffered serious medical problems from either self-induced or illegal, back-alley abortions. Women streamed ... aynrand.org 03/26/01, 5672 bytes [hatecrime.txt] ... name of racism are considered deserving of special penalties. Similarly, in recent years the left has (properly) campaigned for laws to prevent anti-abortion protesters from harassing doctors and halting access to abortion clinics. Yet its own protesters routinely use force--such as the occupation of ... aynrand.org 03/26/01, 5339 bytes P2bAAAT