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Ok, I just found one argument, any others?

What About a "Right to My Own Body"?

1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own. You were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body."

44 posted on 11/08/2002 9:46:15 PM PST by Coleus
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What About a "Right to My Own Body"?

That ended when an additional body began to grow within it.

46 posted on 11/08/2002 10:00:42 PM PST by FormerLib
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To: Coleus
At the end of Kings (OT), there is the comment that 'there was no king in Israel, so every man did what was right in his own eyes.' The transference to Christianity my be made that Jesus is the King in the Spirit of man, else every man does what is right in his (or her) own eyes. One individual giving life support to an individual nascent human life does what is right in her own eyes when there is no King in her Spirit. [My Catholic friends might want to consider this before voting next time, don'tcha know.]
47 posted on 11/08/2002 10:09:05 PM PST by MHGinTN
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To: Coleus
Here's a secular one.

Place your right heel on the floor and hold your foot at a 45 degree angle, toes upward. Now lower your toes to the floor. It would be silly to tell you that you don't have a right to make that motion with your body. However, now imagine yourself in your car, driving down the street. About half a block ahead of you, an old woman steps into the street and begins to jaywalk. At that moment, you no longer have the right to make that movement with your foot, for doing so will accelerate the car and run over the old woman. Regardless of the fact that she is herself violating the law, you do not have a legal right to take an action (the aforementioned foot movement) which will injure or kill her. In fact, your legal (and moral) obligation is to move your foot to the brake to try and avoid running her down.

So you see, no one has an absolute right to control their body in every situation.

52 posted on 11/08/2002 11:01:06 PM PST by william clark
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