Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!kjm From: kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re*2: final argument against Message-ID: <929@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Sep-84 09:56:36 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.929 Posted: Thu Sep 13 09:56:36 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 01:45:41 EDT Organization: U.Texas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 30 [Here we go 'round again...] > Why? Well, why should I care about the fact that someone I didn't know > was murdered for his wallet? Why should I care that 40 families were burnt > out of their home by an arsonist? Why should I care about anything or anyone? > > If you can answer that question, then you should understand why I care about > the killing of unborn children. > > Mark Terribile Why are your examples about mugging and arson analogous to abortion? Would someone please explain to me why the woman who aborts her child is acting similarly to muggers and arsonists? (Even if she "asked for it" -- that's not the point, pregnancy should not be a punishment!) The woman is exercising her property rights in having the child removed. Women who become pregnant unintentionally are similar to the the victims of muggers and arsonists, not to the criminals; all three groups of victims have had their property rights violated. Women do not have any choice about the nature of their biology. Its side effects (one of which is that they can become pregnant by accident) should not be used against them by forcing them to live through unwanted, unplanned pregnancies. -- "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs" Ken Montgomery ...!{ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!ut-ngp!kjm [Usenet, when working] kjm@ut-ngp.ARPA [for Arpanauts only]