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- From: nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos)
- Subject: Planned Non-Parenthood? (to Rescorla)
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- References: <1993Jan15.171713.22101@tc.fluke.COM> <C0xG5t.5DF.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1993Jan20.223345.12792@tc.fluke.COM> <1993Jan21.000136.29987@cs.yale.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 21:49:29 GMT
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- In <1993Jan21.000136.29987@cs.yale.edu> rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan20.223345.12792@tc.fluke.COM> emery@tc.fluke.COM (John Emery) writes:
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- Trivia: I believe this is the first time I've followed up to a Rescorla
- post. Like Brian Kendig, he appears to be a victim of the "squeaky
- wheel" syndrome ("The squeaky wheel gets the grease"). These two don't
- seem to squeak as loudly as the regulars I listed in the "Susan Garvin
- fan club".
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- Autrement dit:
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- One of my new year's resolutions is to pay more attention to thoughtful
- pro-choice posters. As here, although I hope Eric can be even more
- thoughtful in the future.
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- >>If the abortion industry weren't such a lucrative business and profits
- >>were'nt involved, perhaps this would be a trustworthy option. However,
- >>when money is involved, even the best people can be tempted to overlook
- >>the good of the patient.
-
- Planned Parenthood did close to 200,000 abortions, and did less than 10,000
- cases of prenatal care per annum in the last three years. That seems
- to suggest something.
-
- >Huh? Mr. Emery, PPFA, for instance, is a non-profit organization,
- >therefore (by definition) profit is not involved.
-
- When Faye Wattleton's salary was nearing the $200,000 mark, I decided
- to consider most of that as profit. The head of Salvation Army, to cite
- another extreme, only got ~10% of that at the same time.
-
- BTW why restrict your attention to PP?
-
- > As far as
- >I know, abortions are not particularly lucrative. Ob/Gyn's get
- >much more money for a birth than for an abortion.
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- Figures, please.
-
- And be careful not to count 9 months of prenatal care in the costs.
-
- > Don't believe anything you hear.
-
- Now, now, PP isn't *that* bad. :-)
-
- Peter Nyikos
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