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Remember, right now we are not asking whether abortion is moral or whether there should be laws allowing or restricting it. We are asking whether there is a constitutional basis for a right of privacy that includes the right to abort.

Does Thomson's argument have anything to do with this particular question? Does your sense of fairness or mine?

Thomson correctly points out that the law seldom requires us to sacrifice ourselves for others. Can you relate this back to the constitutional issue?