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- From: peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion,alt.abortion.inequity
- Subject: Re: Who owns sperm?
- Date: 14 Nov 1992 19:40:00 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- References: <1bhi7lINN9bu@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> <1992Nov13.163406.14799@rotag.mi.org> <1e117hINN3oa@gap.caltech.edu> <1992Nov14.175346.18059@rotag.mi.org>
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- kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
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- >In article <1e117hINN3oa@gap.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >>kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
-
- [in analogy to sperm that is "left lying around"]
- >>
- >>Ah, but it does become the property of the finder if it remains unclaimed
- >>for a period of time (usually 30-90 days). Extrapolating from this legal
- >>principal, I suggest that if the man has been out of the loop (with regards
- >>to the woman's pregnancy) for a comensureate period of time, then he
- >>has forfeitted any rights to control or influence the outcome of the
- >>pregnancy.
-
- >I believe you'll find that, in the case of lost property, where the owner (or
- >a legal representative of the owner) can be found and communicated with,
- >notification is necessary before the "clock" can start running on appropriating
- >the unclaimed property. So if she doesn't TELL her lover that she intends to
- >assume ownership of his sperm, it's not hers.
-
- In California, if thae bank makes an error on your account and deposits
- an extra $1000, and does no correct the error for 90 days the money
- becomes yours. I paid for a lovely trip to Costa Rica this way. :-)
-
- -- Michal
-