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- From: cookc@aix.rpi.edu (rocker)
- Subject: Re: "Pro-Lifers" Are Really Pro-Death
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- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 05:18:00 GMT
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- slkg9733@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steven L. Kellmeyer) writes:
-
- >jxs52@po.CWRU.Edu (Jonathan Sheir) writes:
-
- >>I don't understand how these religious zealots who call themselves
- >>"Pro-Life" can do so. By outlawing abortion, they would be forcing
- >>women back in the alleys, and many would die of these illegal abortions.
-
- >Three-part response:
- >1) It would "force" both men and women to be responsible for the
- >results of their actions. If they wish to engage in a procreative
- >act, then they have to deal with the results of their action.
-
- Garbage. The absolute most irresponsible reponse to pregnancy is
- to ignore it until labor commences, and then to give away the resulting
- baby. How on earth would outlawing abortion address this irresponsibility?
-
- >2) No one can be "forced" to undertake an illegal activity.
-
- Interesting, considering that you claim women are routinely "forced"
- to have abortions by their evil, irresponsible men. You are now
- claiming that this will magically stop once abortion is outlawed?
- Either explain how, or get your rants straight.
-
- >3) Killing babies, as long as they are in a womb and being killed by
- >the mother's choice, is currently legal. Why do you refuse to realize
- >that ALL of the children involved in abortion are dying?
-
- Because you yourself have claimed that abortions have been known
- to result in live births. Could you _please_ get your rants straight?
-
- >>And many of these people are
- >>against teaching the young about safe sex, and then diseases like AIDS
- >>spread.
-
- >"These people" teach chastity. If you don't engage in sex, you have an
- >extraordinarily small chance of getting AIDS. True, many of us are
- >against the use of contraceptives. But claiming that condoms offer
- >protection against AIDS, is like claiming that schools should teach
- >"safe" Russian roulette - always wear a Kevlar vest. After all, teenagers
- >are GOING to play Russian roulette, theirs no way to stop them, so we
- >really ought to show them how to do it safely.
-
- And of course, any teenager who ignores _your_ warnings about the horrors
- of sex or Russian Roulette DESERVES TO DIE, right?
-
- >>These people are obviously Pro-Death.
-
- >Here's twenty-five cents. Go to K-mart and buy a clue.
-
- I'd suggest that you find another source for your clues, Kellmeyer.
- The ones you've been getting at K-mart appear to be faulty.
-
- >SK
-
- -rocker
-