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- From: dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: "only 3 doctors ... perform third trimester abortions" is unsupported
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.184325.9521@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Aug30.035846.40919@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 18:43:25 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- In article <1992Aug30.035846.40919@watson.ibm.com>
- margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
-
- >dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
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- >>>>> There are only 3 doctors in the United States that perform third
- >>>>> trimester abortions. They *only* perform them for reasons of serious
- >>>>> health problems.
-
- >>>> Please provide verifiable proof for this claim.
-
- >>> I've told you before that I'm not going to do your homework for you,
- >>> Doug. You'll have to contact 60 Minutes yourself.
-
- >> a) Mr. Margolis claims that only three doctors in the United
- >> States perform third trimester abortions, but 60 Minutes
- >> claims that only three doctors specialize in late-term
- >> abortions.
- >>
- >> b) The transcript does not support the claim of Mr. Margolis
- >> that these doctors perform abortions only for reasons of
- >> serious health problems.
- >>
- >> The transcript does not mention the source of Stahl's claim
- >> about the "three doctors". I may write to 60 Minutes to ask
- >> them for a source. It doesn't appear that Mr. Margolis is
- >> willing to track down the source.
-
- > That's right - I'm not. As far as I know, it's true.
-
- In other words, you're unable to admit that you were wrong
- when you stated that 60 Minutes supported your claims,
- and now you've fallen back on ``truth by blatant assertion''
- to support your claims. I guess TbBA is acceptable only
- when Larry Margolis uses it.
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- >Larry Margolis
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- Doug Holtsinger
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