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!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!kjm From: kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: Re: Re*2: final argument against Message-ID: <936@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Sat, 15-Sep-84 17:08:47 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.936 Posted: Sat Sep 15 17:08:47 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 06:31:52 EDT References: <929@ut-ngp.UUCP> <1256@ritcv.UUCP> Organization: U.Texas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 33 [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 ...!{ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!ut-ngp!kjm [Usenet, when working] kjm@ut-ngp.ARPA [for Arpanauts only]