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From: matt@brl-tgr.ARPA (Matthew Rosenblatt )
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Life of fetus vs. Life of mother?
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 10:13:52 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 10:13:52 1985
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> 	I have problems with any argument that compares pregnancy and
> slavery.  If a man and woman exercise their sexual freedom and there is
> a resulting pregnancy, it is not the fetus' fault.  The difference 
> between the involuntary servitude of slavery and that of pregnancy is that
> in pregnancy, you brought it on yourself, in slavery, someone captured
> or in some way forced their control over you.   [BRIAN WELLS]

If Mr. Wells has problems with any argument that compares pregnancy and
slavery, he is not alone.  To me, "slavery" means "work without pay that
you can't quit when you want to."  And so, I have some questions for
STella Calvert, too:

1.	Is the responsibility of parents to take care of already-born
children also slavery?  If it is, would she want to live in a society
where this kind of "slavery" does not exist?

2.	Is the responsibility of a divorced father to pay child support
also slavery?  The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that
to force an ex-husband to support his ex-wife who is able to work would
violate his Constitutional rights.   So isn't it slavery also to make
him support his children?  After all, he can't quit; he can't even
get a discharge in Bankruptcy.  Again, does she want to live in a
society where the concept of child support is repudiated as slavery?

					-- Matt Rosenblatt