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- From: serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin)
- Subject: Re: Observations
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.141415.3923@spdc.ti.com>
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- References: <1992Aug19.163139.22864@spdc.ti.com> <usglkrx.714260356@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:14:15 GMT
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- In article <usglkrx.714260356@gsusgi1.gsu.edu> usglkrx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Lori K. Rothman) writes:
- >serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin) writes:
- >
- >> I do not agree that a woman has a right to an abortion in the case
- >>of consensual sex. Men and women both must take responsibility for their
- >>actions. If you are going to have sex you must take whatever precautions are
- >>necessary to prevent pregnancy, however, you must also be willing to accept the
- >>consequences if such precautions fail and a pregnancy occurs. Abortion is NOT
- >>a valid method of birth control. If neither the man nor the woman has the
- >>emotional or financial ability or desire to raise a child then one must take
- >>the only alternative available, DON'T HAVE SEX! Who gave us the right to
- >>have sex regardless of the cost?
- >
- > So, in other words, my husband and I should have been celibate up until
- >now (the first 2 years of our marriage), and should remain celibate for the
- >next 4 or 5? We have been taking turns finishing up college degrees, and
- >are unable, finacially, to support a child (heck, there are times we can
- >barely support *ourselves*). Maybe it works for some people, but I really
- >don't think that 7 years of celibacy would be the best thing for a marriage.
-
- Whether or not you are celibate isyour choice. My point being that we
- must begin to accept responsibility for our actions, even if that means
- accepting responsibility for the failure of contraception.
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-