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- From: mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran)
- Subject: Re: Supreme Court Upholds Freedom of Speech
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 05:42:48 GMT
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- In article <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:
- >>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.
- >Huh? Mr. Emery, PPFA, for instance, is a non-profit organization,
- >therefore (by definition) profit is not involved. As far as
- >I know, abortions are not particularly lucrative. Ob/Gyn's get
- >much more money for a birth than for an abortion.
-
- An early aboriton only costs $2-300 in most places. Any delivery will
- add another 0 onto that.
- Where the money gets big is in premature infants, so I suppose next
- we'll see the twits claiming that physicians are inducing labor
- early just for the cash.
-
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- Mark Cochran merlin@eddie.ee.vt.edu
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