nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (07/11/83)
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Listing some people that had been unwanted but turned out to be quite
valuable to society would not make a good argument either. Using the
same argument I could again support that not being pregnant is a
crime:
Through our omniscient computer, we have discovered that Jane
Doe would have given birth to the greatest scientific genius
since Newton if she had not restrained from sexual promiscuity
during the past year. Arrest her for posterity abuse!
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Doug Alan
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