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Tom Brosz — (archived)

I was just pointing out that some combinations of reasons don't make any sense. Others do.

Your argument still doesn't address the basic inequity of treatment between men and women on this issue. If society is going to require or forbid certain medical procedures of women because of their reproductive status, then what comparable medical interventions can be required of men?



Or do we just rely on men to be noble and mature, while women must be controlled like the incompetents we are?



The entire premise of your statement is based on the idea that a pregnant woman is basically a woman with a chunk of meat inside her, and she should no more have to answer to anyone about it than if she was having a wart removed. If one assumes that it is a child, a living human being with its own rights, the entire argument changes radically.

And this basic difference in viewpoints is where the abortion debate pretty much hits the wall.

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