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Re: From Harry Browne
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Mon, 13 Nov 2000 19:51:08 GMT
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johnneal@uswest^ihatespam^.net
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron writes:
> [big snip]
> > I suspect I would choose to terminate the pregnancy-- in the case of a Down's
> > Syndrome child, I have no idea what I would do. And I hope never to be faced
> > with such a decision. But I do want it to be MY decision, with input from my
> > husband and my doctor. I want to examine my own conscience, I do not want
> > some
> > strangers in Washington, possibly with entirely different views from my own
> > dictating to me what I can or cannot do with my body. Yes, I would be making
> > that decision knowing I decide the fate of a living being inside my body. But
> > please, let ME be the one to make that decision. If it happened to you or • your
> > partner, I wouldn't dream of butting in. I would hope that I could be granted
> > the same courtesy.
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> I believe the same logic can be applied to any act that we consider crimes.
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> e.g. If someone inconvenienced me, I suspect I would choose to kill them. "I
> hope never to be faced with such a decision. But I do want it to be MY
> decision...I want to examine my own conscience, I do not want some strangers in
> Washington, possibly with entirely different views from my own dictating to me
> what I can or cannot do with my body. Yes, I would be making that decision
> knowing I decide the fate of a living being... But please, let ME be the one
> to make that decision. If it happened to you...I wouldn't dream of butting in.
> I would hope that I could be granted the same courtesy."
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> How do you feel about that?
I think you have crystallized why the abortion issue is so thorny, because it
deals with 2 issues at the same time. Maggie is right that woman should have the
right to do what they will with their bodies. But the fact is that a fetus *in* a
woman's body is not *a part* of a woman's body-- it is a separate body altogether,
and that body has rights which are not superseded by the rights of the mother.
-John
> Your appeal has no weight with me. I might end up being prochoice. I
> think that's how I lean. But not because that's what someone wants. Only
> because I decide it's right.
>
> Chris
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron writes: [big snip] (...) your (...) I believe the same logic can be applied to any act that we consider crimes. e.g. If someone inconvenienced me, I suspect I would choose to kill them. "I hope never to be (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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