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- From: sfm@manduca.neurobio.arizona.edu (Stephen Matheson)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: RE: Spoken Like a True ProLifer
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.060336.12864@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 06:03:36 GMT
- References: <5JAN93.03010896@vax.clarku.edu>
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- From article <5JAN93.03010896@vax.clarku.edu>, by hsims@vax.clarku.edu:
- > In a previous article, vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu () wrote:
- >>hsims@vax.clarku.edu writes:
-
- >>These are the facts... there is NO statistical variation in the decline
- >>of abortion related deaths before and after the 1973 Roe v Wade decision.
- >>In other words, the legalization of abortion had NO effect on the safety
- >>of abortions. 90% of all ILLEGAL abortions before Roe v Wade were done by
- >>licensed physicians, in their offices! The figures quoted by NARAL were
- >>patently false, and they have since ADMITTED that they lied through their
- >>teeth. (NARAL is one of the primary forces that convinced the Supreme Court
- >>to rule for abortions in Roe v Wade). NARAL claimed 5,000 - 10,000 women
- >>died every year from illegal abortions. The actual figure was more like 50
- >>women.
-
- >>So in fact, statistically speaking, proscribing abortion would probably
- >>DECREASE the number of women killed each year from abortions. If nearly
- >>all illegal abortions are done by "real" doctors, then those women who
- >>decided to break the law would still be in no greater danger physically.
-
- >>Chew on these for a while. References available upon request.
-
- > He's a request. Please post the references.
-
- Hey Edward, it seems there have been plenty of requests for the
- "references". Maybe a polite request from a fellow pro-lifer will
- help expedite the process. I don't know about you, but I'm
- positively _starved_ for facts, and until I see some verifiable
- and credible references, all I'll see here are some [sigh] assertions.
- So post those references, posthaste.
- --
-
- Steve Matheson Program in Neuroscience University of Arizona
- sfm@neurobio.arizona.edu
-