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- From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
- Subject: Re: Roe v. Wade is unrestricted abortion-on-demand throughout pregnancy
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.213923.53678@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:39:23 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov23.065624.29065@ncsu.edu>
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- In <1992Nov23.065624.29065@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov21.210653.15302@rotag.mi.org>
- >kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >> 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".
-
- And if her mental health was so impaired as to require that she be
- placed in a mental institution, as was "Jane Doe" of Doe v. Bolton,
- then you might have a point.
- --
- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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