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- From: dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: Roe v. Wade is unrestricted abortion-on-demand throughout pregnancy
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.215541.16604@ncsu.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:55:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.204529.17560@watson.ibm.com> margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
-
- >dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
-
- >> Abortions can be legally performed all the way up to the
- >> point of birth for virtually any reason.
-
- > This is a lie.
-
- No, it's the truth: abortions can be legally performed all the
- way up to the point of birth for virtually any reason. The
- four sources which I provided prove this fact.
-
- > The facts are that there are only 3 or 4 doctors in the US
- > who perform third-trimester abortions.
-
- Several thousand abortions are performed annually after the
- 21st week of pregnancy (viability starts around the 22nd
- to 23rd week of pregnancy). The third-trimester is generally
- acknowledged to start around the 24th week of pregnancy.
-
- > You've been repeatedly challenged to back up your claims by producing evidence
- > of any third-trimester abortions performed for "trivial" reasons.
-
- I'm not claiming that third-trimester abortions are performed
- for "trivial" reasons; I'm saying that Roe v. Wade does not
- permit the states to prohibit post-viability abortions.
-
- > From Roe v. Wade:
- > "On the basis of elements such as these, appellants and some *amici*
- > argue that a woman's right is absolute and that she is entitled to
- > terminate her pregnancy at whatever time, in whatever way, and for
- > whatever reasons she alone chooses. With this we do not agree."
-
- Right, the ability of a woman to obtain an abortion is dependent
- on the availability of a physician who's willing to perform the
- abortion. That observation agrees with two of my sources (Mark
- Tushnet and the Alan Guttmacher Institute).
-
- >Larry Margolis
-
- BTW, are you going to send threatening e-mail to my system
- administrators for this post?
-
-
- Doug Holtsinger
-
-