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- From: hsims@vax.clarku.edu
- Subject: RE: Spoken Like a True ProLifer
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- Date: 6 JAN 93 19:41:33 GMT
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- In a previous article, mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) wrote:
- >In article <C0FAKM.1rE@news.cso.uiuc.edu> vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu () writes:
- >
- >>The woman incurs the responsibility to suffer virtually any amount of
- >>physical damage, yes. There would of course be exceptions depending on
- >>the specifics of this "damage". There is no way to make a man physically
- >>at risk for his partners pregnancy. The father has a financial and
- >>moral responsibility towards his children.
- >>
- >Nice to know that you don't mind forcing others to take risks which
- >you, yourself, are unable/unwilling to undergo.
- >Heather, perhaps this one will be willing to take you up on your
- >contractual offer wrt using his body to save a fetus?
-
- I can give it a try, but I doubt he will. But first, let me just say that
- credit for the idea goes to Keith Cochran.
-
-
- Okay, Mr. Simmonds. You've told us you expect women to allow their bodies to
- be used to keep a fetus alive. Are YOU willing to do what you would demand of
- pregnant women?
-
- Here's your change to save a fetus. All you have to do is allow your body to
- be used for nine months. Sure, their are some risks and some pain involved,
- but I'm sure you won't mind, since after all, it's only temporary, and doing
- so will allow a fetus to be born. Besides, I'm sure you wouldn't want to
- force women to do things that you yourself are unwilling to do, right? I
- mean, that would make you a total hypocrite.
-
- Here's what's involved. If I get pregnant, I will promise not to have an
- abortion. I will allow my body to be used by this fetus for nine months. But
- during this nine months, you must promise that you, too, will allow your body
- to be used. Your body will be used by my brother, who enjoys having sex with
- men. Just as I have no say in what the fetus does to my body, you will have
- no say in what my brother does to your body.
-
- By allowing my brother to use your body for just nine months, you will be
- guaranteeing that my fetus will not be aborted. You will be protecting the
- life of this unborn baby. If you do not agree to this, I will stick with my
- original plan and abort any unwanted pregnancies. The fetus will die unless
- your body can be used.
-
- So, Mr. Simmonds, what do you say? Are you willing to let your body be used
- so that a fetus will be born? Or will you just safely stand off to the side
- and hypocritically continue to insist that unwilling women should be forced to
- do what you yourself will not do?
-
- Anxiously awaiting your reply...
-
- .... Heather.
-