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- From: dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Other Flip-Floppers on abortion
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.152323.17990@ncsu.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 15:23:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug21.224439.14754@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- jbrindle@halcyon.com (Jennifer Brindle) writes:
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- >dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
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- >> It appears that the radical pro-abortionists in the Democratic party
- >> have forced Mr. Clinton to embrace a minority-held position.
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- > You're going to have to prove that pro-choice position is a "minority-held"
- > position.
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- The Democratic party supports Roe v. Wade, which is essentially unrestricted
- abortion on demand throughout the term of pregnancy. Only about 30% of
- Americans support unrestricted abortion on demand. See the quote below.
- If anyone wants additional documentation, please send me e-mail.
-
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- "The final stage of pregnancy under Roe v. Wade occurs after the
- fetus becomes viable[4]. After viability, the state could regulate
- or prohibit abortions unless they were ``necessary, in appropriate
- medical judgement'', to preserve the life or health of the woman.
- This standard must be read, however, in light of the Court's
- decision the same day in Doe v. Bolton, that clinical judgement
- ``may be exercised in light of all factors -- physical, emotional,
- psychological, familial, and the woman's age -- relevant to the
- well-being of the patient[5]. Thus, the Court nominally allowed
- the state to prohibit post-viability abortions except in apparently
- limited cases, but it actually defined the limitation in a way
- that bars the state from prohibiting such abortions if physicians
- are willing to perform them."
-
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- Mark Tushnet, "The Supreme Court on Abortion: A Survey",
- Abortion, Medicine, and the Law, Third Edition, 1986, pg. 162
-
- [4] 410 U.S. at 163-164
- [5] 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
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- >Jennifer
-
-
- Doug Holtsinger
-
- "Take responsibility for your children, or we will force you to do it."
- -- Bill Clinton, speaking at the Democratic National Convention
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-