> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of William T Goodall > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 8:01 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Wealthy couples travel to U.S. to choose baby's sex > > > On 5 Aug 2006, at 11:59PM, Dan Minette wrote: > > If a women died trying to abort in a back alley, that is certainly > > a human > > death. But, from the right-to-life movement's perspective, 500 > > deaths of > > women attempting abortion must be weighted against the deaths of > > millions of > > people when women can easily find abortions. > > > > Isn't the real question about whether the state owns one's body or > oneself? And how women's bodies are still seen as property in a > patriarchal society? How does a state which permits and taxes the > sale of carcinogenic tobacco products and does nothing about the > obesity and diabetes causing products of the food industry have any > legitimate interest in the intimate contents of a woman's own body?
If it is a state that protects people not from themselves, but from other people who wish to do them harm, then this can be inherently consistent behavior. It depends on who we call people, and what we call things. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
