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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: When/where are abortion clinics blockaded?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.002258.14537@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Dec24.200639.19827@netcom.com> <1160@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 00:22:58 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- In article <1160@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- sgast+@pitt.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
- >bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
-
- >> I've heard an awful lot about Operation Rescue, and a lot of it sounds
- >> very biased in either direction. Before I make any judgement on it
- >> for myself, I'd like to see it in action.
-
- > I think that you have to see it for yourself, too. It's hard to
- > explain it to someone who has never seen it.
-
- I think what Mr. Kendig is trying to say is that he's
- seen too many biased accounts of Operation Rescue's
- activities to gain an impartial opinion of the group.
- The relative difficulty in explaining their activities
- is irrelevant.
-
- > The book that Holtsinger got his bloody fetus descption from,
- > _Caught in the Crossfire_ by Sue Hertz, is a good report
- > of a year's worth of O.R. blockades in Boston.
-
- The book that you describe is radically pro-abortion in
- nature. Mr. Kendig wants an unbiased account, not propaganda.
-
- > There was a "48 Hours" telecast of O.R.'s attack on Atlanta
- > that was fairly well done, too.
-
- A story from the same network which did such a hatchet job
- on the Becky Bell story?
-
- > Be aware that the name "Operation Rescue" is rarely used any
- > longer. The national organization was fined tens of thousands
- > of dollars for violating an injunction in NYC,
-
- The fact that they've broken the law is not indicative
- that their activities are wrong -- the phrase ``civil
- disobedience'' quickly comes to mind.
-
-
- >Susan
-
-
- Doug Holtsinger
-
-