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>> >> "A woman's body is not Collective property. It is private property." >> Strawman, so you see the developing human as its own private property then?
>> Only one-tenth of a single percent of DNA (about 3 million bases) differs from
>> one person to the next, but scientists can use these variable regions to
>> generate a DNA profile of an individual, so the unborn has its own unique
>> identity separate from the female. And your point is? I may have identical DNA to my twin brother, but we are
still individuals. What make (or breaks) an individual is not the similarity of
DNA to another being. >> >> "And unless she has agreed to contract otherwise, she has a right to dissociate
>> >> with other bodies. Including the body of an unborn foetus." >> Seeing that abortions come under Medicare, does this set a dangerous precedent
>> for the State: determing the rules of what is, and isn't, worthy of life? Or
>> defined as one? The government has no business in it at all. Nor do they have any right to
steal my money and use it to fund their 'public' health system. You want to
solve this 'dilemma'? Abolish public health. >> >> "...control other people's lives." >> You can voluntarily end them before they reach their full potential in
>> abortion's case, with help from the government. Usually, Libertarians argue
>> against government having roles in limiting potential. I would argue with the libertarians on this one. You want government to stop
making decisions about who lives and dies? So do I. Abolish public health. >> >> "If a man woke up one morning to find his body organically connected to another
>> >> person who would die if he detached them within nine months, few of them would
>> >> feel obliged to remain attached." >> Not one of your best analogies Strawman, so after the nine months, there would
>> be a separation and both would be fine to go their separate ways with no one
>> dying? Huh? They are separate individuals, and they can do their separate ways. In the
case of a newborn baby, the baby probably wouldn't want to, and the parents
(usually) wouldn't want to either - so what exactly is the problem? I'm not trying to be a pain - I think I just missed your point in that post.
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