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- Subject: Re: control
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 23:11:38 GMT
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- regard@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com (Adrienne Regard) writes:
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- >In article <lm97joINNh5r@ar-rimal.cs.utexas.edu> brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley) writes:
- >>More exchange between Adrienne and myself. I'm even ">"s; she's odd...
- >>>We don't have that whiz bang technology yet that will render this argument
- >>>moot. So what do *you* propose we do? I propose that we let individuals
- >>>settle the matter individually, according to their own consciences.
- >>
- >>I simply cannot agree until you (or someone else) can convince me that the
- >>life of the unborn child will not be directly threatened, or that the life
- >>of the mother will be threatened more, or that the unborn child isn't alive
- >>at all, or any other circumstance that would render the pro-life case moot.
-
- >So, regardless of the needs of the woman, of the rights of the woman, of the
- >desires of the woman, she *MUST* gestate that fetus, because you say so.
-
- >Tell you something, Paul, it is this root belief, unshakable as it appears
- >to be, that will get you branded as a mysogynist on this net. Now, maybe
- >you don't much care about that -- after all, it's only a net.
-
- >But to those of us who are women, who do face the possibility of being dis-
- >counted as human beings because we own wombs, it gets to be a pretty important
- >point of view. You would turn me into a lesser animal on this planet, because
- >I own a womb.
-
- >REGARDLESS of how responsible I am.
-
- >REGARDLESS of how productive I am.
-
- >REGARDLESS of how brilliant, important or useful I am.
-
- >I become nothing more, and have no more importance to you in this world than
- >a cow.
-
- >Because *you* value the fetus.
-
- >Now, I can understand how women everywhere are going to have a problem with
- >that.
-
- >It's also basically inconsistant on the face of it.
- >There isn't any OTHER being on this planet that gets to use my body against
- >my will, but you would grant that right to a fetus. Which we have argued
- >up and down about here, since it's 'personhood' and 'rights' are definitely
- >not settled things. So, for this we-don't-quite-know-what, you propose to
- >abridge my rights -- given to me because I'm an UNDISPUTED person, and a
- >citizen of this country.
-
- >There isn't a single other human being who gets to use my body against my will,
- >but you figure it makes sense to make an exception -- SEIZING my rights against
- >my will, and over my protest -- in the case of a fetus.
-
- >I think that's nonsense.
-
- >I think, if *you* value that fetus so damned highly that you would FORCE women
- >through the law to surrender their HUMAN RIGHTS, then *you* are going to have
- >to put a lot more behind it than "I believe". I'd like to see your bankbook,
- >to see how much money you are willing to back up your beliefs with. You would
- >INSIST (presuming your statement above correlates to a legal restriction on
- >abortion) that women pay with their physical selves. How far are *you* going
- >to go in standing up for your beliefs, bub?
-
- >>If no lives are at stake, I would be very willing to leave this matter to
- >>the individual.
-
-
- >Well, that's another topic for debate, ain't it? You'll find it coming around
- >about every two weeks.
-
- >Now, before you jump into that one with both feet, ask yourself if ANYBODY
- >EVER gets to use my body without my consent.
-
- >The answer, Paul, is "no".
-
- The answer, Adrienne, should be "yes". Rights are modified all the time
- depending on the circumstances.
-
- Have you ever heard of the draft? It's that thing where MEN are FORCED
- to go GET KILLED to defend your RIGHTS to KILL babies.
-
- >Adrienne Regard
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