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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: Roe v. Wade is unrestricted abortion-on-demand throughout pregnancy
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.065624.29065@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 06:56:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.210653.15302@rotag.mi.org>
- kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
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- >> Abortions can be legally performed all the
- >> way up to the point of birth for virtually any reason.
-
- > Wrong. The sources you provided prove only that post-viability abortions
- > done for the woman's >>HEALTH<< are constitutionally protected, Doug.
-
- Right, and in Doe v. Bolton, the Supreme Court has defined the term
- "health" to include emotional and psychological health.
-
- > "Health reasons" != "virtually any reason"
-
- It should be painfully obvious that if a woman is denied
- an abortion, she will quite likely suffer emotional distress.
- She can say "I need an abortion because my emotional health
- will suffer if I don't get one". Instant abortion-on-demand.
-
- > [.. stuff that's already been covered in other posts deleted ..]
-
- >- Kevin
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- Doug Holtsinger
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