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Mother and Baby go for a swim.
Posted by Paul Younan (Guest) - Thursday, September 9 2004, 5:42:22 (CEST)
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Suppose a mother takes her 1 day-old infant swimming. She swims out 100 feet from the shore where the water is 20 feet deep. They are alone.

At this moment the child is no less dependent on the mother for it's life than 48 hours ago. And (except in the case of rape) the mother was no more forced into this situtation than she was forced to bear the fetus. Both situations are a consequence of HER voluntary choice.

Suppose in the middle of the lake the mother decides she doesn't want the child, she doesn't care to support it in any way. Does the child have a right to safe passage back to the shore at her expense?

I don't see why being outside of her body would produce such a right....the few inches past the birth canal can't be the only reason why this 1-day old infant has any more rights than it did 48 hours ago while it was still in her womb.

I don't see why 48 hours ago this infant was part of "her body", but now it supposedly isn't. Then again, I'm not a baby-killer like Ashurbanipal was.

-Paul



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