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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: an anti-choice post
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.050325.25951@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1992Nov9.003429.9833@cs.yale.edu> <1992Nov9.005611.24054@ncsu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 05:03:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.005611.24054@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov9.003429.9833@cs.yale.edu>
- >rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla) writes:
- >
- >> But women don't have the right to third trimester abortions NOW.
- >> Roe v. Wade is quite clear on this issue.
- >
- >No, women do have the right to third trimester abortions now.
- >Roe v. Wade does not allow the states to prohibit post-viability
- >abortions which are necessary to preserve the woman's ``health'',
- >where the term health is given a very broad definition, including
- >emotional and psychological health.
-
- You have yet to prove, however, your implications that "emotional and
- psychological health" is in fact an open door to allowing third-trimester
- abortions for any reason whatsoever. Yes, I'll gladly admit, for the sake of
- argument, that the RvW court "passed the buck" of the third-trimester
- decision to the medical establishment. But they did so KNOWING that the
- medical establishment is self-regulated by steadfast principles thousands of
- years old, and that doctors will exercise prudent and informed judgment in
- these matters. There is no slippery slope, Doug. There is no explosion of
- unnecessary third-trimester abortions, or, at least, you have been singularly
- unsuccessful in proving that such an explosion exists (have you found more
- than three doctors who perform third-trimester abortions?). It's POSSIBLE for
- such an explosion to occur, sure, but I have no reason to believe that it's
- happening right now.
-
- - Kevin
-