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- From: cookc@aix.rpi.edu (rocker)
- Subject: Re: Abortion, Caves, Galen (WAS Vegetarianism and abortion)
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:26:45 GMT
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- aidler@sanjuan.UVic.CA (E Alan Idler) writes:
-
- >Any zygote has the *potential* to produce a unique child
- >(unless you can prove otherwise -- not in general but for
- >each one individually).
- >Just because the child is not born shouldn't deprive
- >him or her of all rights.
-
- You're missing something here. Your first statement asserts that there
- is _potential_ to rpoduce a child (I doubt anyone woulde argue this),
- but by your second statement the child already exists. When did the
- child come into existence? If you believe the zygote is a child, why
- did you insert the qualifier "potential"?
-
- >The fact that he or she is in no position to object to his
- >or her death does not give the other party total control
- >of the situation.
-
- Well, in fact it does. The zygote isn't in control of the situation,
- so someone else has to be. What you have failed to explain is why that
- someone should be you instead of the woman carrying the zygote.
-
- >Even those tried in absentia are entitled to legal
- >representation.
-
- And those who are incompetent to make medical decisions are often
- represented by their next-of-kin. In this case, that would be the
- woman carrying said zygote.
-
- >A IDLER
-
- -rocker
-