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From: galenr@iddic.UUCP (Galen Redfield)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Re: Human beings and their Rights
Message-ID: <2120@iddic.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 15:56:49 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 15:56:49 1985
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References: <392@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA> <1259@pyuxd.UUCP>
Reply-To: galenr@iddic.UUCP (Galen Redfield)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Summary: 

In article <771@cadovax.UUCP> keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) writes:
>> QUESTION FOR DISCUSSION:
>> 
>> Is it legal for a man to hire a surgeon to amputate a perfectly good arm
>> or leg?  (My answer:  No, removing a healthy limb is mayhem, a crime not
>> against the amputee but against the Queen's peace (or the state, in the USA),
>> and the amputee's consent to, or even procurement of, deliberate mayhem
>> will be no defense for the surgeon in a criminal trial for mayhem.)
>> 
>> Should it be legal for a man to hire a surgeon to amputate a healthy limb?
>
>Related question:
>
>Does it matter if it is legal or not for a man to have a healthy limb 
>aputated? (in other words, will it stop him?).

If that's a related question, is this one related too?
Does it matter if it is legal or not for a woman to have a healthy fetus
removed?  (in other words, will it stop her?)

Boy, we sure got some incredible minds at work!!

Warm regards,
Galen.