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- From: parker@ehsn21.cen.uiuc.edu (Robert S. Parker)
- Subject: Re: Spoken Like a True ProLifer
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 02:17:31 GMT
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- Patrick_Andrew_Barnes@cup.portal.com writes:
-
- >I find it funny, and as a potential father in the future, sad that several
- >pro choice people jumped on Edward Simond's back when he said that a woman
- >got HERSELF pregnant, yet turn around and vehemently state that it is the
- >woman's natural right to have an abortion. C J even went so far as to
- >claim nobody was involved but the mother and her doctor. The prevailing
- >attitude seems to be that the father DOES have responsibility for the
- >pregnancy, DOES have responsibility for supporting the child, but DOESN'T
- >have any say in the matter of whether that pregnancy is continued or not.
-
- Well, of course. The father doesn't have anything to do with *continuing*
- the pregnancy, but he has a pretty big part in *starting* it. When you
- think about it, is doesn't sound quite so inconsistent.
-
- -Rob
-