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- From: hauk@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Keira E. Hauk)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: To everyone: Re: The Silent Holocaust
- Message-ID: <Nov.20.16.34.26.1992.28700@andromeda.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 21:34:28 GMT
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- Wow! Such anger. Yes, I'll admit I was angry when I wrote that post.
- And I would like to apoligize for seeming so opressive; it was the end of the
- day and I was just ranting. However, I posed my questions for you to think
- about and to yes, contradict me. I did not post for you to shoot me down!
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- So, now that I have more time I will tell you what I believe. I believe
- that we live in an imperfect society. And in that society there are imperfect
- people. In the same line with my opposition to abortion, I am opposed to
- capital punishment. That does not mean, however, that I have a solution to
- how society should punish convicted killers. If we had the money and the space
- to build rehabilitation centers for these people, then I would be able to stand
- 100% against capital punishment. But we don't. Likewise, we don't have the
- government funding to educate women and men, boys and girls, about sex and
- pregnancy. And we don't have the money to house and support every single woman
- who becomes pregnant in this country. What I'm trying to say is that in my
- heart I believe that abortion is wrong. But since our society cannot provide
- other solutions FOR ALL WOMEN then I can't see where it should intervene.
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- Not one of you told me when life begins. I don't see your proof...You
- told me the legalities of when life begins, but that's just a piece of paper.
- How do you explain when a woman is having an abortion that results in the
- live birth of that baby? I am not being offensive now... I would just like
- to know.
-
- And I'd like to clear up the "choice" controversy. If you have read
- anything about birth control, which I'm sure you all have since you seem to
- be so musch more informed than I, then you know that the only form of birth
- control that is 100% effective is abstinence. Therefore, when a woman OR A MAN
- decides to have sex, they are at risk for a pregnancy. (Not to mention STD'S)
- Am I punishing women for having sex? Hell, No! Everything has consequences.
- When you were a teenager you snuck out late at night, but you knew that if you
- were caught that you'd be grounded for a week, (or whatever). And you were
- prepared to face those consequences for just the sheer pleasure of sneaking
- out. But women and men think that they can have sex when ever they want and
- not have to face the consequences of their actions! I am not punishing them
- for their acts, but I am holding them responsible.
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- About rape and incest... I have no doulbe standards. I still believe
- that any abortion is wrong. But how many abortions are performed because of
- those acts?
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