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- From: nyikos@cc.uow.edu.au (peter nyikos)
- Subject: Re: COMPROMISE IN THE MAKING
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.053531.19068@cc.uow.edu.au>
- Organization: University Of Wollongong
- References: <1992Jul13.103637.22104@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1992Jul13.164344.16840@ncsu.edu> <1992Jul13.204031.15954@menudo.uh.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 05:35:31 GMT
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- HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.) writes:
-
- >In <1992Jul13.164344.16840@ncsu.edu> dsh@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu writes:
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- >> In article <1992Jul13.103637.22104@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
- >> bc744@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark Ira Kaufman) writes:
- >>
- >> > Actually, the Freedom Of Choice Act is favored by almost every
- >> > person for choice that I know. While many related issues are not
- >> > dealt with, it is regarded as a good starting place, while at the
- >> > same time allowing states to have some control.
- >>
- >> The FOCA is not compromise, nor does it allow the states to
- >> have any say in the issue, it's simply Roe v. Wade in disguise.
- >> Roe v. Wade legalized "abortion on demand" in this country,
- >> and only a minority of the population supports abortion on demand.
- >> Doug Holtsinger
-
- > Whoa there, cowpoke! Whether I like it or not, I do know that approx 60%
- >or so of the US public favors allowing the choice
-
- Whoa there, yourself! Over 50% of Americans approve a ban on abortion for
- any reasons other than rape, incest, and threat to the life of the mother.
- (1992 Wirthlin poll).
-
- >--which essentially comes
- >to allowing abortions. The "on demand" caveat may well make your statement
- >technically correct, depending on how you define it, but I think its awfully
- >misleading.
-
- On the contrary, it is what you are writing that is misleading.
-
- >semper fi,
-
- >Jammer Jim Miller
-
- Peter Nyikos
-