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- From: markp@spider.wri.com (Mark Pundurs)
- Subject: Re: Who are you guys?
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- References: <1992Dec29.235055.18645@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <markp.725731241@dragonfly.wri.com> <1993Jan8.223119.20486@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 00:27:50 GMT
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- In <1993Jan8.223119.20486@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
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- >In article <markp.725731241@dragonfly.wri.com> markp@dragonfly.wri.com (Mark Pundurs) writes:
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- >[Deletions]
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- >>In cases of rape or incest, AND ONLY IN THOSE CASES, the woman was denied her
- >>right to choose avoiding pregnancy.
- >You don't consider contraceptive failure (as in, the surgery didn't
- >work) to be a case in which the woman was denied her right to avoid
- >being pregnant?
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- No; why should I?
-
- >>As for probable death to the mother: when
- >>her right to life is balanced against the baby's right to life, it's her
- >>choice. (The most fundamental right being life, she may not choose her
- >>economic or career security over the baby's right to life.)
- >>
- >Excellent. I'm sure that women who choose abortions will have no
- >difficulty telling you that their life is more important to them.
- >*Every* pregnant woman is taking a substantial risk
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- But typically nowhere near the 100% chance that abortion will kill
- the z/e/f.
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- to her health and
- >life. So it's nice to see that you have decided to join us in allowing
- >her to choose to abort that fetus.
-
- NOT!
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- > Mark Cochran merlin@eddie.ee.vt.edu
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- Mark Pundurs
-