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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: Observations
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- References: <1992Sep2.024720.23681@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Sep3.173838.8528@advtech.uswest.com> <1992Sep3.220116.131@bmw.mayo.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 04:51:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep3.220116.131@bmw.mayo.edu> bmc@mayo.edu (Bruce Cameron) writes:
- ><1992Sep3.173838.8528@advtech.uswest.com>, stevens@eatdust (John Stevens) writes:
- >|> In article <1992Sep2.024720.23681@midway.uchicago.edu> eeb1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >|> >In article <1992Sep1.172929.12103@advtech.uswest.com>
- >|> >stevens@eatdust (John Stevens) writes:
- >|> >
- >|> >>I would be much happier with a constitutional amendment that requires
- >|> >>the consent of the father before abortion is allowed.
- >|> >
- >|> >You do realize, of course, that this gives my lover (possibly my
- >|> >rapist) control over my body equal to mine?
- >|>
- >|> Wrong. It gives the father equal control over your reproductive system
- >|> only in so far as to whether or not you are allowed to abort the child,
- >|> and of course, that control can only be exercised if you are pregnant.
- >|>
- >
- >So, if the father is to have equal control over the mother's
- >reproductive system should the woman be pregnant and considering
- >termination of said pregnancy then at what point and under
- >what circumstances does the mother have equal control over the
- >father's reproductive system (you do believe in equal rights
- >don't you)?
-
- This is the current system: if a father uses his reproductive system
- to create other children while the mother is pregnant, he is very likely
- to be punished by losing his children.
-
- Don
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