--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 8/11/06 9:42:04 P.M. Central Daylight > Time, > > > > sparaig@ writes: > > > > > > > > > > It's a mothers right to choose. Women have the right to > > > decide if > > > > > > > they want to carry a child regardless of it's sex. > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps, but the social issue is overwhelming the > individual > > > rights > > > > > > in this case. The individual's right to choose is leading > to > > > > > > exceedingly lopsided male-female ratios that may > > > > > > well destroy Chinese and Indian society if left > unregulated. > > > > > > > > > > I don't know how the heck you'd regulate it. Ban > > > > > the aborting of female fetuses but not male? How > > > > > long would it be before you had an imbalance the > > > > > other way? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ban anything that can be used to determine the sex of the > fetus. > > > Ultrasound > > > > while the > > > > mom isn't allowed to look, would be OK, as long as the doctor > > > doesn't reveal > > > > the sex. > > > > > > > > Why not just ban abortion all together? > > > > > > Judy thinks that a law banning the use of ultrasound to > determine > > > the sex of a child is actually workable. > > > > > > Gee. One of the reasons given by pro-choicers has always been > that > > > legalizing abortions makes it safe because women are going to go > > > underground and go to abortionists anyways when it's not legal. > > > > > > Judy will have us believe that a society that will have > inevitably > > > have illegal abortionists if abortion is denied by law will > somehow > > > strictly enforce the banning of ultrasound machines -- a > procedure > > > that is entirely harmless -- in order to determine the sex of a > > > baby. > > > > It's called "the lesser of two evils," Shemp, > > in a society that values children of one sex > > over the other. > > > That's not the point, Judy. > > The point I'm making here is that even if you were to codify the > banning of ultrasounds for the purpose of determining a fetus's sex, > do you honestly think that this would prevent its widespread use in > society? >
It's a bandaid at best, but so is the banning of the sale of cigarettes to minors. The long- term fix is to convince Society not to want the destructive thing in the first place. "Just say no" writ large. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
