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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: individual control
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Date: Sat, 3-Mar-84 20:49:58 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  3 20:49:58 1984
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> 	Now let me point out that this provision effectively prohibits people
> from exercising control over their own bodies.  (I need money, I want to sell
> one of my kidneys, but I can't because its against the law.)


not at all. You could still do anything you want with your *body*. You can
still have your kidney removed, and you can still give it away, but you
can't sell it. The prohibition is only against the money transaction, not
against what you do with your body.

Your argument is like saying "If I have my leg amputated, I want to be
able to go kill someone by bashing them over the head with the bone. The
law says I can't do this, therefore the law prevents me from having control
over my own body."

                                      Jeff Winslow