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- From: rja@redwood26.cray.com (Russ Anderson)
- Subject: Re: "only 3 doctors ... perform third trimester abortions" is unsupported
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.161719.11963@hemlock.cray.com>
- Originator: rja@redwood26
- Lines: 61
- Sender: rja@redwood26 (Russ Anderson)
- Organization: The 1991 World Champion Minnesota Twins!
- References: <1992Aug30.035846.40919@watson.ibm.com> <1992Aug30.184325.9521@ncsu.edu>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 16:17:19 CDT
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- In article <1992Aug30.184325.9521@ncsu.edu>, dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug30.035846.40919@watson.ibm.com>
- > margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- > >dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- > >>>>> 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.
-
- From the Minneapolis StarTribune, Sat Oct 26, 1991, p5B:
-
- ABORTION/ Doctor says saline method discarded
- [...]
- Saline solution is no longer used as an abortion technique,
- said Dr. Mildred Hanson, who does abortions in Minneapolis.
- "Nobody uses saline anywhere," she said. "It is accompanied
- by a risk of bleeding and also by a risk of some of that
- saline going into maternal circulation."
- [...]
- Today, abortions in the first trimester usually are by
- suction aspiration. Late-stage abortions are done by a
- surgical procedure.
-
- Only three or four doctors perform late-stage abortions,
- said Patricia Anderson with the National Abortion Federation.
- "There are a handful of third-trimester abortions that are
- done in instances of serious fetal anomalies or in the case
- of a pregnancy threatening a woman's life. And only under
- those conditions," she said.
- --
- Russ Anderson | Disclaimer: Any statements are my own and do not reflect
- ------------------ upon my employer or anyone else. (c) 1992
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