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- From: dholtsin@nyx.cs.du.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: THIRD TRIMESTER ABORTIONS
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.193116.17457@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1992Aug22.185419.40368@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 19:31:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug22.185419.40368@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- >In <nyikos.714317851@milo.math.scarolina.edu> nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos) writes:
- >> In <1992Aug17.160630.23938@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bc744@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mar
- >>
- >>
- >> > The figure on third trimester abortions is that they represent
- >> >less than one in one thousand abortions performed in America.
- >>
- >> Where do you get this information? When last I looked at the FAQ,
- >> its breakdown only went as high as "over 21 weeks".
- >
- >See the data I posted in article <1992Aug20.212437.17478@watson.ibm.com>.
- >
- >> > It
- >> >is also a fact that practically ALL of them are medically needed.
- >>
- >> This would be news to me! What's your source of information?????
- >
- >I originally got it off the net, it was reported recently that it
- >was also on 60 Minutes.
- >
- >> Now, the FAQ says roughly 0.8% of all abortions in 1985 were past
- >> the 21st week, which fits the above description.
- >
- >Are you claiming that the minimal recorded period of viability represents
- >the norm?
- >
- >> > It suggests some
- >> >notions that are not true. The first is that these abortions are
- >> >sigificant in number.
- >>
- >> Even if you go by the 3rd trimester figure, you get "less than
- >> 1,600 per year" [How much less? I'd really like to know!]
- >
- >There are about 100 abortions annually in the U.S. after 24 weeks.
- >
- >Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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