I am not defending the position of the French court. My concern is where the logic of your argument leads you. As long as the social model of disability, as you call it, is presented as the only, or the overriding, claim, without respect for women's reproductive freedom, I see it as leading to a position for restricting that freedom. Even if what you say about France were true, and I do not know if it is, it is not the only country in the world. Pro-life forces in countries where reproductive freedom is at risk make precisely the same argument you are making. We need to recognize that there is more than one legitimate claim in this situation.
Leo Casey United Federation of Teachers 260 Park Avenue South New York, New York 10010-7272 (212-598-6869)
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has, and it never will. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters. -- Frederick Douglass --
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