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- From: regard@sdd.hp.com (Adrienne Regard)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Observations
- Date: 19 Aug 1992 15:52:54 -0700
- Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego Division
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- In article <1992Aug19.210947.26366@spdc.ti.com> serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin) writes:
- >How can you call a pregnancy that occured as a direct result of the
- >animal desires of a man and a woman "forced pregnancy". When will YOU
- >understand that YOU must take responsibility for YOUR actions. If you
- >are not willing or able to take a pregnancy to term then maybe you should
- >not be having sex.
-
- Mike, let me guess.
- You are a *young* man, right? Probably not a man with a long standing
- relationship, and probably not with 4 kids already, right?
-
- MAYBE I'm crazy, but I'd be willing to bet a little cash on this.
-
- See, I'm not a young man with no long standing relationship and no kids.
-
- I happen to be a 40 year old woman (well, almost), with two quite healthy
- children, thank you, and an adult relationship with the father of these
- two kids.
-
- I also happen to be a very responsible person, with not only car and home-
- owners insurance, but medical, dental, disability, term and whole life as
- well as an umbrella policy in case one of the eucalyptus trees falls down
- on somebody. I happen to believe that we work for what we have, that we
- take responsibility for our actions, that we should drive carefully, have
- our eyes checked, and save for the college education of our children.
-
- 4 years ago, about, while using *two* (*count 'em*) TWO birth control
- methods, I became pregnant.
-
- Now, I *dare* you to state in front of this audience that I was not
- 'taking responsibility' for my actions by seriously considering the impact
- a third child would have on my existing family, and my ability to provide
- for that existing family, and deciding on an abortion.
-
- And I also dare you to state in front of this audience, or any other for
- that matter, that a healthy adult woman in a serious long term relationship
- with the father of her children should be just telling that fellow "no,
- no more sex, bub, at least not until menopause" (and even THEN you can
- have an oddly-fired egg or two!).
-
- Life didn't begin yesterday for most of us and it doesn't end tomorrow.
-
- Think beyond those limited horizons.
-
- Adrienne Regard
-
-