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In the Roe V Wade majority opinion paper suppoting a woman's right to abort it was stated that the "broadest" view of a woman's liberty (regarding her own body) must be observed. The braodest view of just what a fetus might be was not taken. Fetus is simply Latin for baby if I remember correctly. Later there was a Florida woman who attempted to cite Roe v Wade as setting a broadest view of her liberty toward her own body so that she could legally continue to work as a prostitute. She got nowhere but seems to me she had a point.

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In the majority opinion re Roe v Wade the "broadest" view of a woman's liberty (with her own body) was observed whereas the broadest view of just when life begins was not. Interestingly in recent years a Florida woman tried to use the precedent of Roe v Wade. She too wanted that broad view taken saying she should be able to do as she wished with her own body. She wanted to legalize the world's oldest profession. She didn't get anywhere but it seems to me she has a point. As an aside, when we legalize anything we give it a certain cachet. People who through no fault of their own were not born with a sense of logic and have no education re Mr Aristotle and logic, do rely on the law to give them guidance and unfortunately assume that what the law says is legal must also be moral.

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Sir;... I think the change represents one single fact: That the right has used the abortion issue to tie the government in a knot while the bankers and the capitalist have had things their own way to the point of ruining the world economy, the domestic economy, and burying us in a foreign war that will be endless... There is no good from government trying to deny rights to the population, and if you believe Aristotle, Governments are formed for good...But where is the good coming from party politics and a divided populaton??? Those people who construe the purpose of government to be to deny rights on the basis of a majority vote antagonize the minority, and make them hate the union... Intelligent people would recognize the limits of a mere majority to doing some obvious good; but government has been so often broken by stupidity that it cannot fart without doing it on credit...It cannot work up the courage to tax the rich, and it has allowed the export of our jobs to such an extent that we cannot produce our own weapons of war, or field our own merchant marine, and domestic labor will no longer support government...It has cut itself out of its support, and out of its legitimacy, and all the while has gained election attacking our rights... I hope before it is too late that this people discovers the cathartic effect of revolution...Some times you have to throw all the bums out at once from top to bottom... Throwing them out one at a time, and letting the rotten apples spoil the bunch is a big mistake...It is time to attack the rights of government... They hide behind our rights while attacking our rights....This situation has got to end....Government has got a job to do, and the more time it spends attacking the rights of the people the less it does its job...If they cannot get to work, and if the religious cannot be contented praying and helping sinners, then both will have to leave... Clearly, things are not working right here...Thanks...Sweeney

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There is no debate or decision except for the woman who makes the choice. Period, End of story.