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- From: nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos)
- Subject: Re: MENSTRUAL EXTRACTION AND THE 5-WEEK LIMIT
- Message-ID: <nyikos.720712272@milo.math.scarolina.edu>
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- Organization: USC Department of Computer Science
- References: <nyikos.720223561@milo.math.scarolina.edu> <1992Oct30.130948.10139@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 2 Nov 92 13:51:12 GMT
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- In <1992Oct30.130948.10139@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis) writes:
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- >In article <nyikos.720223561@milo.math.scarolina.edu> nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos) writes:
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- >}Almost from the day I joined this newsgroup, I have stated that I would
- >}allow unrestricted abortion up to the end of the 5th week.
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- >That's very kind of you. I'm sure folks are impressed by your generosity.
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- >} ... so I would love
- >}to see abortions after the 5th week outlawed because a safer
- >}alternative is available.
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- I was pressed for time and did not have time to elaborate. I should,
- however, have inserted MOST before "abortions". Mea culpa.
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- >Like you, I would prefer to see a safer alternative used to one which
- >is not. Why would you want to drag legislation and politics into it
- >after the 5th week? No "pro-life" type has yet provided any examples
- >or statistics that legislation of any type would bring about the
- >changes they seem to desire.
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- Because the idea of a 5-week limit is totally untested. On the other
- hand, LOTS of countries have a 12-week limit [again with exceptions
- similar to the ones I would grant after week 5] and that seems to
- have worked quite well. The US is definitely in the minority in allowing
- abortion for any reason up to the 24th week.
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- > The recent posting about Romania would
- >lead one to conclude that exactily the oposite might happen.
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- I missed that one, and am very curious about it. I would appreciate
- a repost, or an e-mailing.
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- Peter Nyikos
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