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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Effectiveness of abortion legislation (was Re: MENSTRUAL EXTRACTION
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.033615.29303@ncsu.edu>
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- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 03:36:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov8.233052.18819@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
- gjh@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Galen J. Hekhuis) writes:
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- > 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.
-
- I doubt that anyone could demonstrate that any particular piece
- of legislation would be effective for bringing about change.
- For example, I doubt that anyone could prove that child abuse
- laws are effective, but most people support them, despite a
- lack of evidence proving their effectiveness.
-
- I do recall hearing something about the birth rate dropping
- after Roe v. Wade, but I could be wrong. But even that is
- not an indication that abortion legislation is effective,
- since correlation does not imply causation.
-
- I tend to doubt that abortion legislation would bring about
- large immediate changes. Any legislation which deals with
- values is not likely to bring about immediate changes, but
- legislation always has the potential to shape values over
- the long-term.
-
-
- >Galen Hekhuis
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- Doug Holtsinger
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