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From: kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Re*2: final argument against
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Date: Sat, 15-Sep-84 17:08:47 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 15 17:08:47 1984
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[Clean up the oceans.  Buy lots of red herrings at your local fish market.]

> > 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.
>
> Does this mean if I invite someone I'v never seen before into
> my house, and they rob me while I'm gone, it's not my fault?

That is correct.  The robber is wholly resposible for his actions;
you are responsible for none of them.

> > 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...
>
> She got pregnant by accident?  Gee, whatever could have caused that?
>
>                         Steve Wall
>                         ...!ritcv!ritvp!spw2562

Yes, dammit, it CAN happen by accident.  There is a small but non-zero
propability of pregnancy even when several birth-control methods are
used simultaneously.  What does this have to do with abortion anyway?
Why is a fetus a special kind of person, in that it is to be allowed to
use the property of its mother against her will?   Is not the fetus
analogous to your robber?

--
"Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs"
Ken Montgomery
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