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> If you decide a fetus is trespassing in your body, I think I remember the UN Charter on the Rights of the Child stating that (1) children are not the propert
by prionassembly 4y ago
> If you decide a fetus is trespassing in your body,
I think I remember the UN Charter on the Rights of the Child stating that (1) children are not the property of their parents and (2) parents have a responsibility for its well-being.
- ch4s3 4y agoI’m not arguing that children are property, but rather your own body is. When a born child leaves your body, then they can no longer infringe upon your right of self ownership. I don’t see a conflict here.
- saxonww 4y agoI think you mean this document: https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1990/09/19900902%2003-14%20AM/Ch_IV_11p.pdf https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1990/09/19900902%2003-1... A couple of comments on this: 1. The Convention document doesn't expressly address it, but instructs in several places that the rights enumerated exist for children 'from birth', implying they do not apply to a potential child before it's born. 2. The United States is a signatory, but did not ratify this, and is not subject to it.
- ch4s3 4y agoI would add that rights don’t flow from documents but rather need to be built up from philosophical argument. Perhaps they’re natural, discovered, or achieved but in any case I think we have to reason towards expansive and philosophically sound rights.