Reply #32: gee, unsympathetic characters [View All]

It is reported that the woman refused a C-section that the Dr. believed was necessary to ensure viability of the infant's life soley because she did not want the cosmetic scar. Not really the most sympathetic character.

Imagine if someone used a statement like that in discussing the famous second amendment "rights" of USAmericans ...

Somebody I know would be squealing like the proverbial speared porcine.

Do only "sympathetic characters" get to resist assaults on their bodies? Does anyone have to present ANY reason for resisting an assault on his/her body? Will you volunteer to be the arbiter of the reasons that pregnant women present? And may I then judge whatever reason you might want to present for resisting a violation of your rights, or for exercising them?

I guess if it becomes the law in the US that pregnant women may be compelled to submit to life-threatening surgery on the whim of a physician (on pain of criminal charges), that concealed-firearms-carrying business might become more attractive ...

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