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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: A child's guide to lying with statistics
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.000818.16562@ncsu.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:08:18 GMT
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- In article <1272@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- sgast+@pitt.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
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- > I read some books on abortion that were published in the 50's and
- > 60's. I'll get the numbers again next week, but the estimates
- > of abortion related deaths in those books were in line with the
- > estimates that Nathanson so desperately wants to debunk.
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- "Note that there is no explanation for the methodology used to determine
- the number of illegal abortions."
-
- "Note the lack of specific reference."
-
- "Note the lack of evidence to contradict this statement."
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- <1290@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
-
- > Further, anyone who asks a doctor who worked in an emergency
- > room in an urban area before Roe can hear first hand accounts
- > of how common these deaths were, and how unlikely the claim
- > that 90% of all abortions were done in doctor's offices is.
-
- "Note the lack of specific reference."
-
- "Note the complete lack of documentation"
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- <1290@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
-
- > The fact that many hospitals had entire wards for treating
- > abortion complications is further evidence that this claim
- > is constructed out of wishful thinking at best.
-
- "Note the lack of specific reference."
-
- "Note the complete lack of documentation"
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- <1290@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
-
- > (Nathanson likes to pass himself off as the
- > driving force behind NARAL. If one looks at the early history of
- > the organization, or reads the words of the other founders, this
- > claim is contradicted.)
-
- "Note the lack of specific reference."
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- <1290@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
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