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Re: Abortion, consistent with the LP stance? (Re: From Harry Browne
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Fri, 10 Nov 2000 20:30:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > The removal of a non-sentient tissue structure from the body of a woman
> > who doesn't want it inside her is not murder.
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> Nice term "non-sentient tissue structure".
Not to mention accurate.
> Merely because the fetus has yet to develop sentiency doesn't mean that it
> won't-- aborting it robs it of its right to do so.
So non-sentient tissue has rights, too? Do these rights supercede the
rights of the sentient mother? Why? On what grounds?
> I think timing is irrelevant.
Timing is the essence of the matter.
> I think that's why IUDs were such a bad idea-- birth control needs to prevent
> conception from occurring, not dealing with it after the fact. Once an egg
> has been fertilized, it is a genetically potential human being whose rights
> must be protected under law by the State.
Nonsense. You are stating outright that a fetus in the womb of a woman in
prison is being wrongly incarcerated. Likewise, a pregnant woman would not
be able to attend a showing of an NC-17 film, since the fetus is too young
to be admitted.
Dave!
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