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- From: labach@acs.ucalgary.ca (Terence Michael Labach)
- Subject: Re: Keegan excludes anyone from being prochoice if they support restrictions on abortion
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- In-Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu's message of Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18: 17:58 GMT
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:12:15 GMT
- References: <1992Nov5.040050.28298@ncsu.edu> <csh1y=n@rpi.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov5.181758.22530@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu
- (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
-
- > In article <csh1y=n@rpi.edu> keegan@acm.rpi.edu (James Keegan Jr.) writes:
- > >dsh@odin.uucp (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- > >> James Keegan has disqualified anyone
- > >> from using the "pro-choice" label if they do not oppose all restrictions
- > >> on abortion.
- >
- > > this statement is not correct.
- >
- > "that is why i thought it important to point out
- > that you are not, in fact, pro-choice as you do not oppose
- > legislation to restrict a woman's right to an abortion during the
- > third trimester."
- > <1992May24.032109.20775@crd.ge.com>
-
- Of course, clueless one, "restrictions" on abortion are not the same as
- "legislation" on limiting abortion. You seem to be trying to read as
- much as possible into a statement for the purposes of twisting it.
-
- I don't personally know any pro-choice advocate who thinks there should
- be legal restrictions on abortions. Many, myself included, think there
- ought to be only medical ones. Any restrictions on abortion should
- be a matter of medical concern rather than of law.
-
- In any case, since Keegan is not forcing anyone to stop using the label
- "pro-choice" even if he thinks that it is inaccurate, a statist dipstick
- like you who wants the law to force women to become birthing machines
- can only make claims about others being "fascist control freaks" in the
- most ironic of senses.
-
- - terry -
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