re i thought commercial advertising was not allowed in c sma gk voder nsc com matt galaxy nsc com matt freivald x writes in article in talk politics misc margoli watson ibm com larry margolis writes i would suggest that legal precedent defines a human being i e a person whose rights are protected by the constitution and the law as someone with a functioning brain no if you want to use legal precedent you should take a look at the model penal code on which many states base their criminal code my apologies if i was unclear i was not trying to start a statutory debate since there are many in some cases conflicting statutes on the books i was merely suggesting a paradigm that might make sense for a pro choicer imho and i was pointing out that legal precedent defines a human being as referring only to the born so your suggestion was incorrect if at some point an unborn child is a human being the parents clearly have the same responsibilities toward her as any other parents have toward their children and no parent can be forced to supply bodily resources toward their children even if necessary to save the child s life there is a confusion here between action and inaction a parent does not have to run out in front of a bus to save their child s life either but a parent is required to feed his children there is a confusion here about what bodily resources constitutes blood transfusions and organ donations involve bodily resources your examples do not larry margolis margoli yktvmv bitnet margoli watson ibm com internet
