On 22 Jul 2001, at 18:10, Horn, John wrote:
> > It seems to me that the Right to have Children is covered under
> > "Liberty."
>
>
> > So, if the Right to Have Children is not universal, to what couples
> > do you deny this Right? In what ethical ways do you enforce the
> > denial of this Right.
>
> Would you allow this right to couples only? And only to couples of
> traditional families?
>
> What about single people who want to be parents? What about
> non-traditional couples? Do they have the same "universal right"?
>
> I'm believe they do, but I'm curious as to what you'd think.
Moreover, are clones of one partner acceptable (IMHO no), are host
mothers acceptable (IMHO yes, paid for cases where it's not a
fertilility issue).
Actually, give everyone the right to 2/3 of a child (aka Art at the
conference before Mars, in KSR's Mar's Trilogy).
That would have...interesting consequences :P Defining the market
value of a life, for one..
Andy
Dawn Falcon
