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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: anti-choice claims
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.232945.16856@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Nov7.205525.2265@rigel.econ.uga.edu>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 23:29:45 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In article <1992Nov7.205525.2265@rigel.econ.uga.edu>
- mills@uga.edu (Kathi Mills) writes:
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- >> Ray Fischer
-
- >> Do you want a woman in labor to be able to have the doctor kill the
- >> fetus just before it emerges if labor becomes too painful?
-
- > This is not only a non-sequitur, it is also insulting.
-
- I agree, it is insulting to suggest that the doctor might
- kill a child during labor to ease labor pains.
-
- > Most abortions done in the late 2nd trimester or later are done by
- > labor inducement. So the labor is going to be painful, whether
- > the fetus is alive or dead.
-
- This is not correct, most abortions done in the late 2nd trimester
- are done by D&E, a procedure in which the child is killed. Labor
- is generally not induced because a) it's too painful, and b) it's
- cheaper and faster to kill the child.
-
- > It is insulting and ridiculous to think that women ask to kill the
- > fetus while in labor, and shows that a) you are wildly out of touch
- > with reality, b) you are shooting off at the mouth about things
- > that you are completely ignorant of, or c) you have some sort of
- > flaming-death wish.
-
- All very true.
-
- >Ferrari (mills@rolf.stat.uga.edu)
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- Doug Holtsinger
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