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- From: mprc@troi.cc.rochester.edu (M. Price)
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- Subject: Re: Pregnancy and Parenthood 2
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.184701.13427@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 18:47:01 GMT
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- In <BrpvEx.GK6@news.cso.uiuc.edu> slkg9733@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steven L. Kellmeyer) writes:
- >>>>In article <1992Jul15.190345.8500@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> mprc@troi.cc.rochester.edu (M. Price) writes:
- >>>>><1992Jul15.000936.23520@cfctech.cfc.com>:
- >>>>>><1992Jul14.183221.9819@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>:
- >>>>>>><Br3DoJ.8Ew@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>:
-
- >>>>"Can't afford a baby
- >>>>now"--obviously has NO connection with the physical and economic
- >>>>realities of being pregnant.
-
- >>>The cost of raising a child for 18+ years dwarfs the typical costs
- >>>associated with pregnancy and birth.
-
- >> I understand that. However, there are women who can afford neither,
- >>not just the former.
-
- >>>>"Not ready for responsibility" couldn't
- >>>>POSSIBLY include the responsibility involved with pre-natal care,
- >>>>nutrition, health etc.
-
- >>>Nutrition, pediatric care, clothing, schooling, psychological nurturing and
- >>>support etc. are responsibilities which require a broader and longer
- >>>commitment.
-
- >> I am not denying that. However, there are women who cannot cope
- >>with either.
-
- >Let's hope these women don't have parents in nursing homes.
- >If insufficient finances and maturity are acceptable determining factors,
- >it is reasonable to allow them to euthanize their parents.
- >Regardless of whether or not their parents want to be killed.
- >Note that this situation (the killing of patients who are not known to
- >desire it) already obtains in Denmark and Holland.
-
- Look, why don't you just stop this silly analogy. It is insulting
- and demeaning to insinuate that women who choose or have chosen to have
- an abortion would just as readily euthanize their parents or children. I
- know of no pro-choice woman who believes that involuntary euthanasia is a logical
- consequence or extension of abortion. The analogy is pointless and
- offensive (unless offensiveness is your point). Any further use of this
- sort of analogy is a fruitless waste of bandwidth.
-
- >> MP
-
- >SK
-
- MP
-