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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: Male Choice Revisited
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:20:17 GMT
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- In article <1h622uINN8vi@gap.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
- >
- >>Rather, you claim if people "want to screw" then the man
- >>must shoulder the responsibility for possible outcomes resulting
- >>from the woman's subsequent decision. The woman need not, apart
- >>from getting an abortion.
- >
- >If the woman gets pregnant, and gets an abortion, then *neither* the man
- >nor the woman must "shoulder responsibility for [a child]".
- >If the woman gets pregnant, and doesn't get an abortion, then *both* the
- >man and the woman must "shoulder responsibility".
-
- And, in your view, *only* the woman makes the decision.
-
- Thus, every father must shoulder responsibilities as a direct
- consequence of the woman's decision. Do you deny she makes the
- final decision, and do you deny she has months after conception
- to consider it, whereas he has no such thing?
-
- Don
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