Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site micomz.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!micomvax!micomz!softech From: softech@micomz.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: privacy & abortions - (nf) Message-ID: <177@micomz.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Jul-83 12:17:27 EDT Article-I.D.: micomz.177 Posted: Tue Jul 5 12:17:27 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 02:55:18 EDT References: <1280@hp-pcd.UUCP> Organization: Micom, Montreal Lines: 27 "Is it a private decision if I kill my wife at home" I am always surprised that such garbage can actually be posted on this network. I usually don't bother, but jeez! this one goes overboard. The difference (for you twits out there) is that you CHOSE your wife, whereas the request for an abortion is rarely the result of a desired pregnancy. The issue of privacy of decision is only a consequence of the other major issues: A) When does a person's inalienable right to go on living start ? - At conception. ? - At birth ? - Somewhere in between ? B) What are the criteria that allow the protectors of a foetus (parents and society) to terminate its existence ? - The assurance of grave birth defects? - The assurance of a miserable life ? - The impossibility for the parents to love/care for the child ? C) How does the right of a parent to choose his/her own destiny interfere with A) and B) above? Richard Blouin. ...!philabs!micomvax!micomz!softech