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- From: garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin)
- Subject: Re: Medical Enforcers? (Was: Holtsinger on Harassment & Health)
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 23:43:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.044254.794@samba.oit.unc.edu> Suzanne-lucia.Demitrio@launchpad.unc.edu (Suzanne-lucia Demitrio) writes:
- #garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
- #
- ##-#I think that your scheme would deny abortions to women who
- ##-#aren't wealthy and/or well-connected.
- #
- #Yes ... the doctors' legal risk would translate into very high costs; in
- #practice only those women who could pledge to pay for good lawyers in the
- #event of a judicial review would be able to have third-tri abortions.
- #
- #Indigent women have enough trouble getting decent attention from one
- #doctor, never mind two; and who would ever take that expensive legal
- #risk for them?
-
- I've seen no indication that Ms. Bartley particularly gives a damn
- about poor women in any of her posts. I didn't expect to her
- to suddenly show compassion, and she didn't surprise me.
-
- #Fortunately our legal system is designed not to allow abuses like
- #Elizabeth's proposal.
-
- Of course not. I just wanted to try to impress upon her the problems
- with her scheme even if she were declared dictator and allowed
- to trash our legal system.
-
- Susan
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