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From: adam@lzmi.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Reply to Gerald Owens (Re: 9 month rape)
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Date: Sat, 7-Apr-84 23:42:52 EST
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This is a reply to Gerald Owens. Lines prefixed by > are quoted:

>      3.  Now, something that is totally natural in the scheme of things,
>          pregnancy, has just been defined as rape!  Oh boy!  EVERYBODY
>	  is now a RAPIST, guys and gals included! I wonder how this would
>	  have gone over if the abortion debate was still in net.women!!
>	  (sorry, your honor, but I was a rapist from birth!!)

My article pointed out an analogy between being forced to complete an
UNWANTED pregnancy, that is, pregnancy WITHOUT CONSENT; and sex WITHOUT
CONSENT. Under this analogy, being forced to complete an unwanted
pregnancy may be considered a variation on rape. To interpret this to
mean that ALL pregnancies fall in this category is not logical unless
one believes that all sex is rape. I don't know about Owens@gatech, but
I, for one, prefer my sexual partners to be consenting adults.

				Yours for clear thinking,
				Adam V. Reed
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