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- From: chrisl@stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman)
- Subject: Re: compromise (was Re: Back Again To Father Notification...
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- dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
-
- Roe v. Wade is essentially unrestricted abortion-on-demand throughout
- the term of pregnancy.
-
- [-- rest of post including citations from Tushnet et al. deleted--]
-
- Doug, you must be insane. In the first presidential debate, Perot said that
- repeating a behavior over and over and expecting different results is insanity.
- Every time you have posted your lies about Roe vs Wade, someone has posted the
- text that refute your lies. Here we go again (caps emphasis mine):
-
-
- On the basis of elements such as these, appellants and some *amici*
- argue that a woman's right is absolute and that she is entitled to
- terminate her pregnancy at whatever time, in whatever way, and for
- whatever reasons she alone chooses. With this we do not agree.
- Appellants' arguments that Texas either has no valid interest at all
- in regulating the abortion decision, or no interest strong enough to
- support any limitation upon the woman's sole determination, is
- unpersuasive. The Court's decisions recognizing a right of privacy
- also acknowledge that some state regulation in areas protected by
- that right is appropriate. As noted above, a state may properly
- assert important interests in safeguarding health, in maintaining
- medical standards, and in protecting potential life. AT SOME POINT
- IN PREGNANCY, THESE RESPECTIVE INTERESTS BECOME SUFFICIENTLY
- COMPELLING TO SUSTAIN REGULATION OF THE FACTORS THAT GOVERN THE
- ABORTION DECISION. THE PRIVACY RIGHT INVOLVED, THEREFORE, CANNOT
- BE SAID TO BE ABSOLUTE. In fact, it is not clear to us that the
- claim asserted by some *amici* that one has an unlimited right to
- do with one's body as one pleases bears a close relationship to the
- right of privacy previously articulated in the Court's decisions.
- The Court has refused to recognize an unlimited right of this kind
- in the past. [citations omitted]"
-
-
- Again, I thank you for reinforcing the perception that the anti-abortion
- stance is based on lies. Perhaps your school counselors can help you find
- a LyingAboutRvW support group so you can work through these issues that
- compel you into such unproductive behavior.
-
- --
- Chris Lyman / email: chrisl@pwcs.stpaul.gov / standard disclaimers
- "Republicans run on a platform that government is bad. And when we
- elect them, they prove it!" -- Phil Harbison
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