Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site iddic.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!iddic!galenr 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 Article-I.D.: iddic.2120 Posted: Wed Aug 14 15:56:49 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 03:59:19 EDT References: <392@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA> <1259@pyuxd.UUCP> Reply-To: galenr@iddic.UUCP (Galen Redfield) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 24 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.