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- From: Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com>
- Subject: Re: Observations
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- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 19:45:47 GMT
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- In <1992Sep1.172929.12103@advtech.uswest.com> stevens@eatdust (John Stevens) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug31.220151.12113@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.ibm.com writes
- > >In <1992Aug31.162715.17289@advtech.uswest.com> stevens@eatdust (John Stevens)
- > >> In article <1992Aug27.045340.13162@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> smccabe@author.ecn.p
- > >> ????? But that is JUST what YOU are doing. You are trying to make
- > >> the right to abortion a law on the basis of "because I say so".
- > >
- > >Actually, no. If there weren't people trying to *take away* the right
- > >to abortion, there wouldn't be anyone attempting to codify it into law.
- >
- > So there are people who are attempting to codify it into law. So your
- > 'no' is wrong.
-
- Actually, no. I was disagreeing with "on the basis of 'because I say so'".
- The only reason the FOCA was written was to thwart the efforts of those
- trying to remove the protections of Roe v. Wade.
-
- > >We're willing to let each individual make the abortion decision according
- > >to their own belief system.
- >
- > And this is exactly the reason I'm here. Because it isn't an individual
- > decision. It is the decision of TWO people, father and mother.
-
- And what if the two people disagree?
-
- > I have no problem with allowing other COUPLES to make their own decision
- > about abortion. But what you are pushing for, is to cut out the father
- > entirely
-
- No, what I'm pushing for is to keep abortion safe and legal.
-
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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