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- Date: Wednesday, 19 Aug 1992 20:24:09 EST
- From: Linda Birmingham <ADMN8647@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
- Message-ID: <92232.202409ADMN8647@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Another good reason not to vote for Bush
- References: <1992Aug12.220315.1424@s1.gov> <BswBy6.ECK@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- <16drfkINNbst@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> <BsxsG4.MuG@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- <ohgc6so@fido.asd.sgi.com> <RJOHNSON.92Aug17132102@conus.shell.com>
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- In article <RJOHNSON.92Aug17132102@conus.shell.com> Roy Johnson says:
- >
- >In article <ohgc6so@fido.asd.sgi.com> cj@eno.wpd.sgi.com (C.J. Silverio) :
- >writes
- > >- The fetus takes precedence over the woman's financial needs?
- > >(no abortion in cases where the woman can't afford to support
- > > a child, would lose job, etc.)
- >
- >Does a woman have the right to throw a child she can't support into
- >a dumpster?
-
- She has the right to give the child to someone else.
-
- > >- The fetus takes precedence over the woman's mental wellbeing?
- > >(no abortion in cases where the stress of continued pregnancy
- > >would impair the mental health of the woman)
- >
- >The woman's mental health appears questionable already. How frequent
- >an occurrence is this? I can't imagine any serious madness resulting
- >from carrying a child to term.
-
- 90% of pregnant women will suffer post partum depresison,
- 10% to a degree they require hospitalization and/or
- medication.
-
- > >- The fetus takes precedence over the woman's health?
- > >(no abortion in cases of danger to woman's health)
- > >- The fetus's right to life takes precedence over the woman's
- > >right to life? (no abortion in cases of danger to the
- > >woman's life)
- >
- >These are frequently regarded as self-defence.
-
- So is protecting one's physical and mental health.
-
- > >I want to make sure I understand what you mean by "take
- > >precedence".
- >
- >Imagine, if you will, a human life, and what rights a person has to
- >take that life.
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- Threat to bodily security and property.
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- Linda
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