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- From: garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin)
- Subject: Re: Third party request
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- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 01:43:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep4.150754.29501@ncsu.edu> dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- #In article <Bu18BA.4oy.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- #garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
- #
- ##dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- #
- ### The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act also included a provision
- ### which prohibited sex selection abortions, in addition to a
- ### provision which prohibited certain post-viability abortions.
- ### Is that law also constitutional, Ms. Garvin?
- #
- ## We weren't discussing constitutionality, were we? We were
- ## discussing whether or not the law was being enforced.
- #
- #Sometimes the pro-abortion lawyers won't challenge an
- #unconstitutional abortion law if it's never been used
- #to prosecute anyone.
-
- Do you enjoy looking stupid, Holtsinger? None of the provisions
- of the ACA had been used to prosecute anyone when PP v.
- Casey was filed.
-
- #And please do answer my question Ms. Garvin -- is the Pennsylvania
- #law prohibiting sex selection abortions constitutional?
-
- Not in my opinion. Of course, I am not empowered to make
- decisions of constitutionality.
-
- (See how easy it is to answer questions, Holtsinger? Why
- do you continually plead with people to do something that
- you yourself are unwilling to do? Why are you deleting
- this paragraph?)
-
- ## I called the state attorney general's office and asked if it
- ## were currently illegal to violate those sections of the
- ## ACA. They said "ye"
- #
- #Did you ask them whether they would plan on filing charges
- #against a doctor who performed a sex selection abortion?
-
- No. I didn't ask them.
-
- #Have they ever prosecuted a doctor for performing a sex
- #selection abortion?
-
- No.
-
- #And what was the name of the person you spoke to, and what's
- #their telephone number?
-
- I didn't note their name. Do you really not have directory
- assistance, or are you too simple minded to use it?
-
- I called 412-565-7680.
-
- ### I hope that you and your pro-abortion buddies will be able to finally
- ### understand that the mere existence of a law does not necessarily
- ### imply that it's constitutional, or that it's being enforced.
- #
- ## I hope that you understnad that the mere fact that a law is
- ## unconstitutional does not prevent it from being enforced.
- #
- #If an unconstitutional law has never been used to prosecute
- #anyone, then sometimes it's not worth the trouble to challenge
- #it.
-
- Many laws are challenged before they have been used to
- prosecute anyone. (See, I can make vague, non-responsive
- comments, too.)
-
-
- # "My logic is based on ... a religious perspective which says
- # that personhood begins at birth (actually a month after birth if
- # we want to be precise)..."
- # -- Gloria Feldt,
- # chief executive, Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona
- #
- # "I see nothing extreme or reprehensible about this statement."
- # -- garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) <BtnDAw.Iwo.2@cs.cmu.edu#
- -- dking@nas.nasa.gov (Dan King) <Insert header info here
- -- gjh@virginia.edu (Galen Hekhuis)
- -- chrisl@pwcs.stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman) <Insert header info here
- -- cookc@rpi.edu (rocker)
- -- steven@jaynes.uswest.com (Steve Novak)
- -- smccabe@mn.ecn.purdue.edu (Sarah McCabe)
- -- lefty@apple.com (Lefty)
- "Neither do I" -- ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) <2ymn8gh.ray@netcom.com#
-
- What is it about Judaism that bothers you so, Holtsinger?
-
- Susan
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