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- From: Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com>
- Subject: Re: The "abortion on demand" myth: anti-choice scare tactics
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- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.175714.41608@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:57:14 GMT
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- In <RJOHNSON.92Aug19101825@conus.shell.com> rjohnson@shell.com (Roy Johnson) writes:
- > Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com> writes:
- > >dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- > >> In this country, we do have abortion on demand throughout the term
- > >> of pregnancy.
- >
- > >My challenge in my previous post, which you deleted, was:
- >
- > >Given that there are only 3 doctors in the US that perform 3rd trimester
- > >abortions, and then only for medical reasons, it seems obvious to any
- > >reasonably intelligent observer that "abortion-on-demand throughout
- > >the term of pregnancy" is simply a myth.
- >
- > >For you to claim otherwise, you'd have to document for us some
- > >third-trimester abortions for other than medical reasons.
- >
- > >So, Doug, do you want to address the *reality* of the situation, or are
- > >you going to implicitly admit that you're wrong by continuing your scare
- > >tactics?
- >
- > I think Doug wanted to address the *legality* of the situation, which
- > is what the abortion debate is about. Would it be OK with you if we
- > were to legislate the status quo: no third-trimester abortions for other
- > than (serious) medical reasons?
-
- That's what we have now, with Roe v. Wade. I consider that to be an
- acceptable compromise.
-
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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