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- From: mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran)
- Subject: Re: Roe v. Wade is unrestricted abortion-on-demand
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.031652.7052@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 03:16:52 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.222503.1633@ncsu.edu> dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan20.182938.1062@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- >mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
- >>dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >>>smezias@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias) writes:
- >>>>dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- >>>>> 'finger dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu' for documentation which shows
- >>>>> Roe v. Wade is unrestricted abortion-on-demand throughout pregnancy.
- >
- >>>> But what a titillating offer!
- >
- >>> Does the thought of injecting a deadly poison into the heart
- >>> of a late-term fetus sound 'titillating' to you?
- >
- >> Learn the difference between a fatal dose of a theraputic drug and
- >> a 'deadly poison'
- >
- >The difference is that the phrase 'therapeutic drug' conveys the
- >false impression that the abortionist is doing the child a favor by
- >killing them, while a 'deadly poison' conveys the truth of the
- >matter.
- >
- Nonsense. An overdose of any drug is fatal. It does not make it a
- poison. Your ignorance is showing again. As is your penchant towards
- emotionalism when you lack factual arguments.
-
- >And learn how to spell 'therapeutic'.
- >
- Ill spel anyhow I pleze. So fuck off.
-
- >> Show some evidence that these late term abortions (of which
- >> perhaps 100 occur in any given year)
- >
- >Incorrect. There are several thousand abortions performed annually
- >after the 21st week of pregnancy (Source: CDC Surveilance on Abortion).
- >
- 21 weeks is well before the period of viability. Try again DODie.
-
- >> are done for any reasons other
- >> than massive deformation and/or serious threats to the womans life.
- >
- >Many children are killed in the womb at a late-stage because
- >they're mentally retarded. Here's one woman suggesting that
- >she should have the right to have a mentally retarded child
- >executed in her womb:
- >
- Proof of 'many' please....
- Further, note that she had the abortion before viability. Doesn't fit
- the argument you were trying to make DODie.
- Butwe're used to that.
-
- > "I'm suggesting we lift the veil of privacy and professionalism
- > to explore issues of heath care, abortion, and the right to
- > choose death, as well as life, for our genetically disabled
- > fetuses."
- >
- > -- Rayna Rapp, in _The Choices We Made_, discussing her
- > abortion of a Down's syndrome child in the 21st week
- > of pregnancy.
- >
- >---
- >Doug Holtsinger
- >'finger dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu' for documentation which shows that
- >DODie is incapable of contacting reality.
-
- --
- Mark Cochran merlin@eddie.ee.vt.edu
- These are the views of my employer, your employer, your government, the
- Church of your choice, and the Ghost of Elvis. So there.
- Member, T.S.A.K.C.
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