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- From: pjm@anegada.sps.mot.com (Patrick J. McGuinness)
- Subject: Are you pro-choice on education? (was Re: Pro-)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.201613.27707@oakhill.sps.mot.com>
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- References: <1993Jan20.085205.20986@wetware.com> <casivils.727566210@node_508ba> <1993Jan21.004906.26636@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:16:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.004906.26636@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >In article <casivils.727566210@node_508ba> casivils@lescsse.jsc.nasa.gov (craig sivils) writes:
- >>Tit for Tat,
- >>
- >>Why are so many people who claim to be "pro-choice" against the right of
- >>an individual to use public money for their children to attend the school
- >>private or public of their choice.
- >> Craig
- >
- >Because, Craig, many pro-choice people are intelligent enough to distinguish
- >between an issue of personal autonomy and an issue of government subsidies
- >for the rich.
-
- How would a voucher system be any more a 'subsidy for the rich'
- than the current public school system? This is a red herring.
-
- Pro-abortion-choice folks often speak of the family planning
- angle. (can't let an 'unwanted' child be brought out into the world.)
- Why isn't the best education for your child considered
- a part of the important life choices that a family should be able to
- plan for? We are not speaking of choice in education as a "right", but
- that choice in education is simply good social policy that
- is in the best interests of the children and the families involved.
-
- Pat
-