Separatist Peoples wrote:"Why? Does a woman's body suddenly become not her own as the due date approaches?"
This is in an of itself an interesting (but in the end pointless) potential discussion on the question of absolute property rights, which we, of course, strongly object to. In this case we come to the question of the absolute property right of the self. To put this in a non abortion context, does a person who has a highly contagious disease have the unrestricted right to travel into public spaces where that disease may be spread, or in the case of diseases spread through sexual contact, though lying, hide such a state from potential sexual partners and in doing so, deliberately spread the disease.
it is therefore reasonable and logical to argue that as the progression of the person past viability outside of the womb continues, as well as the development of neurological systems designed to feel pain and react to the world around it, the use of physical force against that person becomes less and less justified.
In short, if someone squats in one of your properties, you do not have the right to ask the army to lob mustard gas grenades into your house to kill the squatter. (And it would be really wrong of the army not to tell you that these grenades could cause a fire in the inside of your house which may prevent anyone from living in the house ever again, even if you eventually wanted to rent out the property.)
