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- From: gordons@coopsol.com (Gordon Storga)
- Subject: Re: Roe v. Wade and abortion (was Re: Another good reason to ...
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.193912.14570@coopsol.com>
- Organization: Stay Awake Software
- References: <1992Sep2.032432.10808@ncsu.edu> <fcknh0m.gordons@netcom.com> <168578928.M21164@mwvm.mitre.org>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 19:39:12 GMT
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- <168578928.M21164@mwvm.mitre.org> M21164@mwvm.mitre.org said:
- ><fcknh0m.gordons@netcom.com>gordons@netcom.com (Gordon Storga) writes:
- > .... The supreme court basically said
- >>that up until a certain time in the pregnancy a woman may choose for
- >>herself whether or not to have an abortion. How is that forcing anything
- >>on any one? Unless of course, you mean offending the delicate
- >>sensibilities of the pro-lifers.
- >
- >For a long time similar logic was used to defend the practice of owning slaves.
- >"You think slavery is wrong? Well, then don't own one! But don't try to force
- >*your* belief system on me" Slavery only offended the delicate sensibilities
- >of the prohibitionists.
-
- I abhor the concept of slavery - like making a woman serve the
- needs of a fetus against her will.
-
- >This brings us quicky to the crux of the abortion argument,
-
- Oh goody, Yet Another Crux of The Abortion Argument.
-
- > because it will be
- >pointed out that slavery involves the rights of another person but, according
- >the pro-choice view, abortion does not. Well, pro-lifers believe it does,
- >and unbelievable though it may seem to some, there are numerous thoughtful and
- >resonable people in the pro-life crowd.
-
- I don't doubt that, we just see damn few of them in this forum. BTW, does
- the number of people who believe something suddenly make that thing
- *right* or *true*?
-
- > This is why the issue of abortion
- >belongs not in the judicial, but in the legislative arena, where resonable
- >people can argue the merits of each side. That's what democracy's for.
-
- Certain rights should not be left up to the majority to decide. You made
- the argument of Black Slavery before... Do you think it should be the
- legislative right of each state to decide whether owning slaves should be
- legal?
-
- We have a democracy in the USA, but the Constitution does not allow the
- majority to remove rights from the minority. That's one of the important
- aspects of the Constitution, and what seperates the USA from other
- countries - Democratic or not.
-
-
-
- Gordon
- Pro-abortion, Pro-person, Pro-women's-rights and ex-boytoy of Susan, Muriel,
- Cathi, Nora, Jennifer, Sarah, Lynn, Diana (catwoman), and Diana (Sorceress),
- and married to a goddess among women, and proud of it all.
- --
- The opinions expressed are my own, and not the beliefs or opinions
- of whatever company you think I work for. So there, thhhbbbt!
- Message to Kodak: Freedom for Dan Bredy.
-