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- From: holzman@d0gslb.fnal.gov (Daniel B. Holzman)
- Subject: Muffy becomes anti-choice (was Re: just passing through...)
- References: <1992Dec16.193426.19660@athena.cs.uga.edu> <MUFFY.92Dec18125621@remarque.berkeley.edu>
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- Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:05:38 GMT
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- In article <MUFFY.92Dec18125621@remarque.berkeley.edu>,
- muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes:
- > No, you have not "chosen to not reproduce" when you have sex using birth
- > control. You have simply chosen to take a "1/5/10/etc percent *chance*
- > of reproducing" (the actual percentage depends on the type of birth
- > control chosen and how well you use it). If you gamble and lose, then
- > you have to deal with the consequences.
- >
- >>And if the birth control fails, then it's certainly
- >>a responsible decision to stick with your original choice.
- >
- > Exactly. The choice of "taking a small chance of reproducing."
-
- Gee, Muffy, does this mean that you're anti-abortion? I hear this argument
- VERBATIM out of people explaining to me why women should not be permitted to
- have abortions. After all, they chose to take the chance on getting pregnant.
- They gambled and lost, now they have to deal with the consequences.
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- | All Acts of Love and Pleasure are
- Love doesn't subtract, | Her Rituals
- it multiplies - Heinlein |
- | Speak the Word.
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