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- From: 01fortec@ac.dal.ca
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.pern
- Subject: Re: Green Dragons and Eggs...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.085508.9069@ac.dal.ca>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 08:55:08 -0400
- References: <6525@sersun1.essex.ac.uk> <722304362snz@keris.demon.co.uk>
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- In article <722304362snz@keris.demon.co.uk>, chris@keris.demon.co.uk (Chris Croughton) writes:
- >
- > (lotsa deleted)
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- > On a related topic, what (human) birth control is available on Pern?
- > Lessa mentions that "The hold girls are convinced it's immoral to abort"
- > - how do they do abortions? There's no invasive surgery on Pern. Is
- > there a natural drug? How about prevention - is there a natural
- > contraceptive drug? (There is in Valdemar, but that's a different
- > universe). The 'rhythm' method won't work, when a dragon could rise at
- > any time...
- >
- > Chris
- >
- > ***********************************************************************
- > * chris@keris.demon.co.uk * *
- > * chriscr@cix.compulink.co.uk * FIAWOL (Filking Is A Way Of Life) *
- > * 100014.3217@compuserve.com * *
- > ***********************************************************************
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- I beleive the Japanese have an herb that can induce abortion and have used
- it for a number of centuries. Maybe somebody else could expand on that. The
- Pernese probably have something similar.
-
- Joe
- 01fortec@ac.dal.ca
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