Issues Involving Women

If it could be shown that the fetus was "a being," then it would not be morally permissible to perform an abortion unless the life of the mother was threatened. In order to be "a being," the fetus must have developed to the point where, even with extensive assistance from a hospital, it could live on its own -- away from the mother. This is why there is a strong belief in a cutoff point after which abortions should not be allowed.

Even if one does not favor permitting abortions at any stage this argument is fallacious and does not prove what its makers intend to prove. It does not "prove" anything because its basic assertions do not hold up under the test of ordinary usage. In such usage, for example, a seed that has begun to germinate would not be called "a plant." This is the same di

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ases of date rape (and the reference to going to bedrooms clearly implies this) then his right to argue with the policy should be secure. But at this point it is necessary to examine the substance of his remarks to determine whether he violated the policy. Certainly no one would encourage college women to accompany college men to their bedrooms. But equally no one would encourage college men to demand sexual intercourse and, on being refused, to force themselves on women anyway. Certainly Mr. Yaqzan is not encouraging this behavior. But what he is saying does furnish encouragement for the action once the situation comes into existence. He is saying that if a male college student (or any man) invites a female college student (or any woman) to his bedroom, if she then refuses to have sexual relations with him he is not, by forcing her to do so, committing rape. It might be argued that since he does not favor either creating the situation or acting on it once it exists, Yaqzan is not inciting anyone to commit rape. What Mr. Yaqzan leaves out of his account is the idea that women have any right to free will in the situation he describes. The woman who has sexual relations forced on her cannot complain of rape because she is
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