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- From: dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: Re: Estimates of the incidence of illegal abortions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.145214.17893@ncsu.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan15.125423.4796@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <1993Jan21.014921.9070@ncsu.edu> <1993Jan22.130133.15616@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:52:14 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.130133.15616@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) writes:
- >dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
-
- >> Tsk, tsk, you should really follow threads more carefully before
- >> you open your mouth. In a reply to Edward Simmonds, Ms. Garvin
- >> did indeed suggest that her estimates of the number of illegal
- >> abortions during the 19th century could be applied to today's
- >> situation:
- >>
- >> +> The incidence of illegal abortion in 1860 has NOTHING to do with the
- >> +> ruling in Roe v Wade in 1973. Comparing medical practices across this
- >> +> vast time is like comparing a slide rule with a supercomputer.
- >>
- >> Actually, it has something to do with it.
- >>
- >> <C0wM37.KE2.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- >> garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin)
-
- > Oh yes, that is correct. That's what Susan said. She is right
- > in that the laws against abortion put in place in he 19th century
- > were partly motivated by the dangerous nature of the procedure, and
- > that the Roe v Wade decision may in part have been motivated by
- > the fact that illegal abortions were far more dangerous in 1973 than
- > legal abortions.
-
- Kaflowitz, look at the quote above. Read it carefully. I see
- Ms. Garvin suggesting that the *incidence* of illegal abortion
- in 1860 has "something to do" with the ruling in Roe v. Wade in
- 1973. Look at the Subject line which Ms. Garvin wrote. It mentions
- "incidence". Throughout this entire thread, Ms. Garvin has not
- even mentioned the relative dangers of abortion in 1860 and 1973.
- That subject was not raised in this thread until now. You're doing
- a piss poor job of helping Ms. Garvin back-pedal from her earlier
- suggestion.
-
- >Dean Kaflowitz
-
-
- "I'm only really good at judging colored semen contests, anyway."
-
- sgast+@pitt.edu (Susan Garvin)
-
- Doug Holtsinger
-
-