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APPENDIX A. TALK.ABORTION: AUGUST 9, 1994 148<br />

#rights over it merely because it is now a content of your body.<br />

#rightful owner retains all rights to it.<br />

#<br />

The<br />

Topologically speaking, swallowing something is <strong>the</strong> same as holding<br />

it in your hand. Now if you have it surgically implanted, i doubt<br />

if <strong>the</strong> sherrif’s office would try to reposses it.<br />

frank<br />

Article 32<br />

Reference 161500<br />

From n-peal@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu<br />

Date Tue, Aug 2, 1994 9:04 PM<br />

rohuck@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (HUCK ROBERT O) writes:<br />

>james g. keegan jr. (keegan@helios.acm.rpi.edu) wrote:<br />

>: HUCK ROBERT O wrote:<br />

>: : james g. keegan jr. (keegan@helios.acm.rpi.edu) wrote:<br />

[...]<br />

>: like i said, "<strong>the</strong> foundation of anti-choice efforts<br />

>: is to take rights from a class of person, women. it’s<br />

>: pretty easy to portray something that evil in <strong>the</strong><br />

>: "worst manner.""<br />

>No.<br />

The foundation is to protect human life.<br />

Why is <strong>the</strong> life of a fetus more important than <strong>the</strong><br />

life of a woman?<br />

[...]<br />

>There are many women whose lives are in no way affected<br />

>by <strong>the</strong>ir right to an abortion. What about <strong>the</strong>m?<br />

I’d say <strong>the</strong>y are very fortunate. I’d also say<br />

<strong>the</strong>y should be thankful to currently have <strong>the</strong><br />

freedom to make that extremely personal choice for<br />

<strong>the</strong>mselves.<br />

>Am I a sexist if I defend <strong>the</strong>ir rights in <strong>the</strong> workplace? Am I a sexist<br />

>if I supported <strong>the</strong> Equal Rights Amendment? Am I a sexist if I support<br />

>family leave and increased access to child care? Am I a sexist if I<br />

>help a friend who is in a battered women’s shelter? Does all of this<br />

>indicate wanting to control women? Why do you insist on making everything<br />

>black and white. Life is never that simple.<br />

I can see how those acts would help women.<br />

abortion help women?<br />

How would banning<br />

[...]<br />

>: --<br />

>: "A woman’s rights to her body should stop where

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