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From: ag1v+@andrew.cmu.EDU ("Andrea B. Gansley-Ortiz")
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Subject: Re: Can we sell our bodies and our rights?
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Date: 29 Oct 90 23:18:06 GMT
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Jones Murphy asks:
(paraphrased) Should we allow women to rent their vaginas in one way but
not in another?

IMO, no.  Prostitution is outlawed in this country for two reasons.
First, the country was based on christian principles and allowing
something like prostitution would be right out.  Secondly, the U.S.
government hasn't found a way to tax it yet.

Some people are very against surrogate motherhood and feel that it
goes against nature.  This is again imposing others' arbitrary values
on an action.

So, I believe both should be allowed or disallowed. (Allowed).  Mostly
I would like to see our government become more consistent within
itself.

I wouldn't call this a strictly feminist point of view, because their
are feminists that feminize [good word there] with thier morals and
others that don't.  I believe that morals should have very little to
do with rights. But in some cases that is difficult.

Andrea Gansley-Ortiz