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- From: smccabe@handel.ecn.purdue.edu (Sarah A McCabe)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: A modest proposal
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.233728.9796@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 23:37:28 GMT
- References: <1992Aug30.072618.32178@watson.ibm.com> <nyikos.715380785@milo.math.scarolina.edu> <180ulpINNn1a@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com>
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- In article <180ulpINNn1a@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> regard@sdd.hp.com (Adrienne Regard) writes:
- >In article <nyikos.715380785@milo.math.scarolina.edu> nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos) writes:
- >>But the bottom line is, do we stake the life of a being who is already
- >>quite possibly sentient on it, or do we give it the benefit of the doubt?
- >>A being, by the way, which would become one of us unless some drastic
- >>force intervenes.
- >
- >And, as the old joke has it,
- >Who's "we", white man?
- >
- >You would feel quite free to stake a WOMAN's life on it, but funny thing,
- >your OWN life doesn't fit into the equation. Pretty cheap rhetoric, Peter.
- >
- >
- >Adrienne Regard
-
- Oh, Adrienne, I am sure you are giving Peter too little credit. Why just
- last week I made an offer to him that would guarantee that this woman
- would never get an abortion. I guess I must have missed his response
- for after reading so many of his posts about his deeply held convictions
- and desires to stop all abortions, I am sure he jumped at the chance.
- For those of you who may have missed the original offer here it is:
- I agreed to make a bargain with Peter. In the even that I ever
- get pregnant, I agree not to have an elective abortion, and in
- return Peter agrees to have the person of my choice use his body
- for nine months. This use would include, but not be limited to:
- having my champion occupy certain portions of Peter's body for
- extended periouds of time, allowing my champion to pump random
- chemicals into Peter's blood stream, and forcing Peter to undergo
- minor surgery which may or may not have any lasting effects.
-
- The more I think of this, the better this idea seems for the pro-lifers.
- Here is a guaranteed way to reduce the number of abortions in this
- country for I am sure that some other pro-choice women would be
- willing to make the same deal, although others may not be as generous as
- I and also make a requirement for financial support. But even with that
- extra stipualation, it seems that the pro-lifers would jump at the chance
- to eliminate these potential abortions. As a matter of fact, each pro-lifer
- could "cover" multiple women since the pro-lifer's services would only
- be required in the event of a pregnancy and even then only for nine months.
- Female as well as male pro-lifers could perform this service too.
-
- Since it is pretty obvious (see Brazil, see this country pre RvW) that
- outlawing abortions does not stop them, this would seem to be a much
- more effective way of ending abortion (or at least reducing the number)
- and I cannot imagine why each and every pro-lifer would not immediately
- start offering his or her services towards this goal.
-
- Keith Cocharan has graciously offered to be my champion in this
- situation . Keith, there is no one I would rather have. Your posting
- on fisting was the partial inspiration for this idea in the first
- place. So now Peter, you even know who your "occupier" would
- be. Since I missed your response before, please post it again
- just so I have your agreement on record.
-
- Thanks ever so.
-
- Sarah McCabe
-