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From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Who has the right over our bodies?
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Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 20:49:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 21 20:49:23 1984
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I think the question of control of one's body vs life of somebody else can
be worded in the following way:
Does the "state" have the right to force a person to lend part of their body
to save someone else's life?

If we accept this right of the state in the case of abortion, then to be
consistent we must accept it for other cases such as donations of blood,
bone marrow, or certain organs.
I will now turn the tables and ask pro-lifers (people who believe that the state
has this right) the very same question that they love to ask pro-choicers:
	"where does one draw the line?"

I think that the state's withdrawal of people's right to control their own
bodies is as potentially dangerous for society in general as is the state's
withdrawal of protection of all life.  I think that what all this boils down
to the question: what is more important, the right to live or the right to
control our own bodies?  no matter which one we choose, we lose, so it is
just a question of determining how we want to lose.
As far as I am concerned I prefer to die because somebody will not give me
part of their body I need to survive rather than live with the knowledge
that at any time in my life I will be forced to give up some part of my
body for somebody else's sake.

				Sophie Quigley
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