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- From: Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com>
- Subject: Re: More questions for Suzanne or other pro-life parent
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- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.211211.25103@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 21:12:11 GMT
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- In <1992Aug21.192206.10405@noao.edu> forgach@noao.edu (Suzanne Forgach) writes:
- > From article <1992Aug21.040932.17501@watson.ibm.com>, by Larry Margolis <margoli
- > > In <1992Aug20.223004.13850@noao.edu> forgach@noao.edu (Suzanne Forgach) writ
- > >>
- > >> Natural Family Planning is AS effective in avoiding pregnancy as that
- > >> popular contraceptive the "pill" for married regular participants in sex.
- > >
- > > That's comparing the "ideal" numbers, right?
- >
- > > And it turns out to be a lot
- > > less effective if you compare the "real life" numbers, right?
- >
- > Not at all.
- >
- > Shall I post the studies and statistics again?
-
- The ones polling NFP Institute members (or whatever) which approached the
- theoretical ideal, or the ones comparing the methods among the general
- population which showed the "real-world" results?
-
- > >> Even moreso for a pre-teenage virgin.
- > >
- > > Even *prayer* is effective in avoiding pregnancy for virgins. :-)
- >
- > That was my point.
-
- You're assuming, of course, that she'd *be* a virgin, but I think this
- is way too theoretical to be worth discussing.
-
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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