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- From: Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com>
- Subject: Re: Roe v. Wade and abortion (was Re: Another good reason to not vote for Bush)
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- Message-ID: <1992Sep04.213712.26756@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 21:37:12 GMT
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- In <1992Sep4.181130.8070@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- > In article <1992Sep4.113450.7336@hemlock.cray.com>
- > rja@redwood26.cray.com (Russ Anderson) writes:
- >
- > >In (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- > >> I'd be quite happy to overturn the "government fiat" known as
- > >> Roe v. Wade and have the abortion issue returned to the states
- > >> where it rightfully belongs. Let the people decide the issue.
- >
- > > I take it this means Doug opposes the Republican platform's call
- > > for a constitutional amendment banning abortion because it would
- > > prohibit individual states from deciding the abortion issue.
- >
- > At the present time, yes. The Democratic platform of unrestricted
- > abortion-on-demand throughout pregnancy
-
- Dougie be lyin' again - the Democratic platform supports Roe v. Wade,
- which permits states to regulate abortions after the first trimester,
- and virtually ban third-trimester abortions.
-
- > the Republican platform
- > on abortion are currently minority-held positions in this country.
-
- This is certainly true - the Republican platform allows for no exceptions
- for rape or incest.
-
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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