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Originally posted by lumberjim
dont mix up issues. this SOUNDS like pro life/prochoice material, but that's not really what we're discussing. no worms.
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Okay, I can see I am wandering around a lot of marginal topics, sorry, I tend to do that.
Let me try to state the key question...
Can the government punish someone for their refusal to accept harm to their body that would result in a saved fetus?
Where this overlaps with the pro life/pro choice I would say is in the question of the rights of a fetus. Where it differs is that a person choosing abortion is actively trying to eliminate the fetus, whereas this woman passively avoided surgery that would have saved the fetus.
I think I got that right, correct me if I am wrong. And I have to go sleep now before I pass out at my keyboard.
03-13-2004, 11:59 PM
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