>>the dumbass mother.. > >she's dumb for smoking/drinking while pregnant, >but "exercising her rights" if >she decides to kill her >baby? if it's a "non-rights >having" fetus, why should we >be able to "force" her >not to smoke/drink if that's >her "choice"?
IMO she's dumb depending on the circumstances: if she's trying to have the child, and she chooses to use drugs, then she's a dumbass if she's having an abortion because she/he didn't use protection, then she is a dumbass....its still her right to be a dumbass though
>>...community >>pressure would be more effective > >isn't that exactly what the bill >is trying to instantiate? at >least on a very high >level?
legal authority given by government vs. community........not quite the same (I see where you are going though)