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- From: slkg9733@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steven L. Kellmeyer)
- Subject: Re: Survivors of Abortion: The Dreaded Complication
- References: <1992Jul21.141808.11160@ncsu.edu> <1992Jul21.180821.15341@pwcs.stpaul.gov>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 13:22:00 GMT
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- chrisl@stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman) writes:
-
- >dsh@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) quotes from the
- >Philadelphia Inquirer:
-
- >> Something happens in a very small number of abortions, per-
- >> formed relatively late in pregnancy, that no one wants to talk
- >> about. It horrifies many of the medical personnel who have
- >> encountered it.
-
- >> What happens is that about once a day somewhere in the U.S.,
- >> something goes wrong and an abortion results in a live baby.
-
- >Considering that fewer than 100 third trimester abortions are
- >performed in the U.S. _every year_, I'm already doubting this
- >article.
-
- Big deal. Premie survival in the second trimester is pretty common
- now days. Try to stay up with the technology, huh?
-
- >The fact that this article is _11_ years old (and therefore
- >copies of the original are hard to come by) makes me wonder
- >what point DearOldDoug is trying to make.
-
- Oh, if the subject is over 11 years old it isn't true anymore?
- I guess RvW *SHOULD* be overturned, after all, it's now 20 and
- counting - way to old to be useful.
-
- Besides, if you don't like the article, call the CDC. They're the
- ones who assert that there are between 300 and 400 live births
- resulting from abortion every year. That's more than one a day.
- One young lady, 14 years old, and the survivor of a saline abortion,
- makes pro-life speeches around the country 20 days a month, every month
- of the year (a tutor takes care of her schooling needs).
-
- >And how about this litany?
-
- >``We have produced an unusual dilemma,''
-
- >``We've had guys drinking too much,''
-
- >``You are doing a destructive process,''
-
- >``There is a lot in medicine that is unpleasant,''
-
- >``You get burned out,''
-
- >``It's disconcerting,''
-
- >``That's not medicine,''
-
- >``This is happening all over the place,''
-
- >``It is frightening,''
-
- Pretty typical remarks from medical personel involved in the abortion
- process. What's your point?
-
- >Btw, the birth of my daughter could be considered an abortion...
-
- Oh, did you want her to die? Did the ob/gyn try to strangle her with
- surgical sutures and fail? Did s/he cut off her buttocks in order to
- speed her bleeding to death? Or did s/he wrap the baby in a newspaper
- and put her on a side table, while ordering everyone to stay away from
- the bundle 'til it stopped moving? How many of the baby's limbs were
- cut off doing the attempted D&C (the little girl in New York is only
- missing an arm)? Or did your wife get a hysterotomy? Did you dig your
- daughter out of the trash can on the way out of the clinic (I say clinic
- because most abortions are not done in hospitals)? Does your daughter
- now have cerebral palsy due to the violence done her during this
- "considered abortion" (many do)? If she does, you must feel like hell.
- I extend my sympathy to you and your wife, and I hope your daughter
- learns to understand why you might want to consider her birth an
- abortion.
-
- >--
- >Chris Lyman - a personal / "I belong to no organized
- >opinion for every occasion / political party. I am a
- >email: chrisl@pwcs.stpaul.gov / Democrat." -- Will Rogers
-
- Steve Kellmeyer
-