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- From: rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla)
- Subject: Re: Planned Non-Parenthood? (to Rescorla)
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- References: <1993Jan20.223345.12792@tc.fluke.COM> <1993Jan21.000136.29987@cs.yale.edu> <nyikos.727652969@milo.math.scarolina.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:24:55 GMT
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- In article <nyikos.727652969@milo.math.scarolina.edu> nyikos@math.scarolina.edu (Peter Nyikos) writes:
- >In <1993Jan21.000136.29987@cs.yale.edu> rescorla@rtnmr.chem.yale.edu (Eric Rescorla) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1993Jan20.223345.12792@tc.fluke.COM> emery@tc.fluke.COM (John Emery) writes:
- >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".
- Come now, Mr. Nyikos. Are the personal attacks really necessary.
-
- >>>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.
- I don't know what you are implying, Mr. Nyikos.
- I can think of many reasons why this would be so that do not include
- improper practices or pressure on the part of PPFA.
-
- >>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.
- And how much does say the head of the United Way earn?
- Heads of non-profit organizations routinely make extremely large
- sums. So?
-
- >BTW why restrict your attention to PP?
- Because it's routinely cited by Pro-lifers as the biggest abortion
- provider in the U.S. and I know it to be non-profit.
-
- >> As far as
- >>I know, abortions are not particularly lucrative. Ob/Gyn's get
- >>much more money for a birth than for an abortion.
- >Figures, please.
- I don't have them, though I've seen them posted on talk.abortion
- before, but can't substantiate the claim right now. Retracted.
-
- >And be careful not to count 9 months of prenatal care in the costs.
- Why not? Doctors get paid to do it.
-
- -Ekr
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