todd@scirtp.UUCP (Todd Jones) (10/10/85)
I swore I'd never post to this group again. What am I doing? > Every pro-choice response has seemed to agree that a fiendish child > does not a rapist make, yet here is someone who seems to think it's > genetic. Are you serious? What if the child's a girl? > > Maybe a jilting by a boyfriend has driven some young women to suicide? > Do we condemn dating? I've gone into more detail in other articles about > why I think the attachment of this stigma to the child is unjust. It > is as unjust as if a woman were to take out her hatred for a wife-beater > husband on his born children by beating them. Her behaviour might be > more "understandible" in some sense, but still unjust. > > Anyway, it's interesting to see someone supporting the stigma (and on > genetic grounds to boot!). I'm glad there aren't a lot of people who > seriously believe that there are genes for criminal behaviour. There > would be a lot more people thrown into jail as a "preventative" measure :-(. > > ... what was your name again? > > Paul Dubuc Maybe a few people out there don't realise it, but raising a child is an extremely taxing experience that requires immense amounts of love for the child, for one's spouse (not necessary, but it really helps), and for one's self. If a woman is raped and truly wants to carry the embryo/fetus/baby/ fiendson/etc... to term, that's pretty darn admirable. But any woman who is denied the right to abort the product of such a heinous crime suffers a scandalous violation of her right of self-determination. I won't get into my abortion under non-rape circumstances, cause I'll get flamed mercilessly by the pro-birthers (a more realistic term), but WOMEN MUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO ELECT AGAINST HAVING THEIR BODIES USED FOR A PURPOSE THEY FIND HORRIBLY DEGRADING- the gestation of a spawn of a demented lunatic. Believe it not, pro-birthers, women are more than obligatory baby- machines. The life value of a "fiend-induced embryo" can be debated from now until heck freezes over, but a women should not be expected to suffer a heinous act of sadism and then have her body used as some sort of incubator for what she must (unless she is some sort of saint) regard as SLIME. I'm staying away from this newsgroup,I'm staying away from this newsgroup, I'm staying away from this newsgroup,I'm staying away from this newsgroup... Go ahead and cheer pro-birthers. Later. -todd jones