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- From: keegan@acm.rpi.edu (James G. Keegan Jr.)
- Subject: Re: Holtsinger on Harassment & Health
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- Organization: T.S.A.K.C.
- References: <1992Nov9.205725.14998@acd4.acd.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:53:35 GMT
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- in a post supporting e.e's anti-choice stance,
- pro-lifer wdo@TEFS1.acd.com (Bill Overpeck) writes:
- ->In <92311.065313ADMN8647@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
- -> Linda Birmingham <ADMN8647@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca> writes: >
- ->>Elizabeth dear in or out of context supporting jail
- ->>terms for women who obtain banned abortions is the
- ->>antithesis of the pro-choice movement.
- ->>
- ->>imo, your demand to criminalize a medical procedure places
- ->>an undue psychological burden on those women who must obtain
- ->>the procedure by forcing them to justify why their abortion
- ->>should not be viewed as murder and ultimately requiring women
- ->>to literally plead for their lives.
-
- ->Oh, nonsense. Beth is very clearly discussing the decision
- ->to abort *viable*, third trimester humans. At the risk of
- ->focusing on *them* for a moment, these would be fetuses that
- ->have an excellent chance of survival when disconnected from
- ->the woman *intact*. Requiring women to make the big "choice"
- ->within four or five months of discovering they are pregnant
- ->in no way represents an "undue psychological burden".
-
- is that your professional opinion? or was this just a
- cute way of making the point that you and ms. bartley
- wish to force women to remain pregnant when those
- women wish otherwise?
-
- [...]
-
- ->>You my dear are trying to use a sledge
- ->>hammer to swat at flies and in the process this will
- ->>create additional disadvantages for women.
-
- ->It disadvantages women to require that they make their
- ->decision within four or five months?
-
- i think it does. obviously you and ms. bartley don't
- mind imposing your beliefs/morality on those who don't
- share those beliefs/morality.
-
- ->>Oh btw Elizabeth dear, the only heros I have are women.
-
- ->While such an assertion is probably just coincidental, some
- ->might wonder if this doesn't represent a bit of anti-male
- ->sentiment...
-
- i wonder if your comment doesn't display a bit of
- misogyny. or, perhaps you were just being petty.
-
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-