abortion

[Luke Weiger]

> "Suppose you wake up one morning and find that a famous violinist's
> circulatory system has been plugged into yours, so that your kidneys can
be
> used to extract poisons from her blood as well as from your own. She needs
> to remain plugged into you for nine months. If you unplug her, she will
die
> because there is no other person who has the right blood type. Here is a
> clear situation in which the violinist's right to life comes into conflict
> with your right to control what happens to your own body."
>
> It's not at all self-evident, in Thomson's example, that declining to be
> someone else's life support system is identical to murder.
>
> Barry

Whatever you want to call it, it would be a pretty nasty thing to do in the
name of self-interest or personal liberty.