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"life" different from mine.
Perhaps everyone has a different perception of
"life".....
Article 18
Reference 161438
From steiner@netcom.com
Date Tue, Aug 2, 1994 4:01 PM
In Article , kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin
Darcy) wrote:
>In article steiner@netcom.com (Mike
Steiner) writes:
>>In Article , kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin
>>Darcy) wrote:
>>>In article steiner@netcom.com (Mike
>>Steiner) writes:
>>>>
>>>>What is in dispute is whether a fetus has the right to trespass inside a
>>>>woman’s body, leeching nutrients from her, against her will. Apparently,
>>>>anti-choicers say that it has that right.
>>>
>>>Incorrect. The fetus is not a "trespasser", since it lacks the capacity to
>>>have a criminal intent -- a 5-year-old is likewise incapable of being a
>>>"trespasser". The fetus is at least as much a victim of circumstance as the
>>>woman is. The onset and continuation of pregnancy creates no "aggressor" and
>>>no "victim", in a criminal-justice sense.
>>
>>If the fetus is inside the woman’s body and she doesn’t want it in there,
>>she has the right to have it evicted,
>
>You said "trespass" before, now you’re switching to "eviction"? Very well
>then...
The fetus trespasses, and the women has it evicted.
>Under what statute may "eviction" proceedings be brought against a minor who
>is not legally competent to enter into a leasehold in the first place?
What does that have to do with it?
>Or are you using the word in a strange way?
No, but you seem to be.
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Article 19
Reference 161446
From bmc@mayo.edu
Date Tue, Aug 2, 1994 4:24 PM