Peter F

Sounds like the gold bubble is bursting

But in a civilized society, I am not free to do with my private body as I wish.

 

For example, the State has the right to force me (my private body) to work for the collective for almost half the year.

 

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To me, the pro-choice lobby is wrong to argue on the grounds that a woman should be "free to choose" what she does  with her body.  The argument is weak because as a taxpayer, I am not free to do what I want with my body.

 

OTOH, the pro-life lobby is wrong to argue on the grounds that "killing is wrong".  The argument is weak because a civilized State condones killing in many ways.  For example, we have armies, and we tolerate (?) badly maintained roads where lethal accidents occur.

 

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When it comes to the question of abortion, I generally ignore people who argue that a woman "has a right to her body" and people who argue that "murder is a sin".

 

The abortion debate deserves better.

  Well, it certainly deserves better than what you are providing.

Since, by your logic, the state has usurped a certain part of your labour  through taxes, the state can therefore demand a tax-paying woman to become pregnant. In fact they could order you, as a male employee of the governent, to inseminate thier femaile employees.

You clearly do not understand the relationship between the employer and the employee - which is not Master/Slave - never mind that you are unable

to see the difference between taxation and employment.

And by a similar argument, other people want to end their taxation.

 

If the State has the power to tax - take my body's efforts, then why does its power not extend to a woman's pregnancy?

 

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Peter F, if you want to argue in favour of abortion, you should find another argument than: "Women should be free to choose".  I think Milton Friedman argued that taxpayers should also be: "Free to Choose"

aw jeez Teach,  will there be a make-up exam?

Exactly - no matter the reason they have the right to end the pregnancy.

To be clear...Yes - no restrictions whatsoever.