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- From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
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- Subject: Re: Basis for Roe Decision
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.030056.16855@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 03:00:56 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan9.001223.11039@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan8.151835.18395@midway.uchicago.edu>
- >thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >>dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- >>> So what do you call child support laws, if not burdening men
- >>> in a way that women aren't?
- >
- >> I'm sorry, I'm unaware of a child support law that distinguishes
- >> between men and women, rather than custodial parents and non-
- >> custodial parents.
- >
- >Neither child support laws nor anti-abortion laws are intended to
- >burden one sex more than another, but they both have that effect.
-
- Well, no court has ever considered the equal protection implications
- of abortion laws, so the point is mostly moot, but I trust you have
- the common sense to divine for yourself how false that statement is.
-
- >If I'm not mistaken, you stated that a law which has the effect
- >of burdening one segment of society is not necessarily unconstitutional.
-
- True. What's your point?
-
- >>> And how does it follow that every type of abortion restriction,
- >>> including waiting periods, informed consent provisions, and
- >>> late-term restrictions, will result in the subjugation of
- >>> women?
- >
- >> Take it up with Tribe. It's not my argument.
- >
- >Well, you seemed to have no difficulty defending his argument
- >up until now.
-
- I wasn't defending it (or attacking it). Someone asked for an
- explanation of it, and I gave references, which you are surely
- capable of looking up for yourself.
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