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- From: chrisl@stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman)
- Subject: Lies about 'abortion on demand'
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.184629.22742@pwcs.stpaul.gov>
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- Organization: City of Saint Paul Public Works
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 18:46:29 GMT
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- I see that DearOldDoug continues to assert that the Democratic platform
- endorses abortion on demand, despite having been repeatedly refuted. Of
- course, the _text_ of the Democratic platform endorses the Freedom of
- Choice Act, the _text_ of which allows states to restrict access to
- abortion in the third trimester, just as in the _text_ Roe vs. Wade.
-
- Lately, a lot of bandwidth has been spilled in a debate as to whether or
- not advice to DearOldDoug, Chaneyhall, etc. to get counseling was sincere
- or meant to be insulting. I would say that DearOldDoug certainly seems
- to be delusional; anyone who repeatedly posts misleading information
- about easily verifiable legal decisions, platform planks and pending
- legislation has, for lack of a better term, 'a screw loose somewhere.'
-
- Note: this is not intended to be a definitive diagnosis! :-)
-
- But... I blather. Recently on 60 minutes, they told the story of a
- pregnant woman with gestational diabetes was flown to a hospital in
- Boulder CO for a third-trimester abortion to save her life. The hospital
- refused to perform the abortion, so she was flown by helicopter to a
- clinic. During the helicopter flight, she went into shock. Given these
- facts, I wonder how DearOldDoug can continue to assert that we have
- abortion on demand in these United States.
-
- I find the term 'abortion on demand' to be offensive. This insinuates
- that all women who get abortions _want_ abortions. Common sense tells
- me that a woman whose health or life circumstances force her to terminate
- a pregnancy _may_ be disappointed to have to seek an abortion.
-
- Doug Holtsinger is a sexist for believing that all women who seek
- abortions want abortions.
-
-
- --
- Chris Lyman / email: chrisl@pwcs.stpaul.gov / #include <std.disclaimers.h>
- Not those mamby pamby wimp liberal "oh dear someone somewhere
- has done something unnice, I'll call the kare bears..." -- drieux
-