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- From: forgach@noao.edu (Suzanne Forgach)
- Subject: Re: Younger and younger
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.194212.16340@noao.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:42:12 GMT
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- From article by garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin):
- > In article mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
- > #In article garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
- > ##In article rjk@world.std.com (robert j kolker) writes:
- > ###I read in todays Boston Globe (1/15/92) the story of an 8 (yes 8) year old
- > ###Mexican female who birthed a health 7.04 point boy by Cesarian Section.
- > ###This little factoid is one of the best arguments not only for abortion,
- > ###but for sterilization.
- > ##
- > ##child survived the birth.
- > ##
- > ###Bob Kolker
- > #Sounds to me like a good argument for education and stringent
- > #prosecution of child abuse laws. I hope both the children survived the
- > #birth and will live healthy happy lives.
- >
- > Well, as usual, the poster commented on the health of the infant
- > but not on that of the mother.
-
- Sheesh. You have no way of knowing that. Both were children. Since
- the initial poster in this thread commented that the baby was a healthy
- boy, it would be reasonable to assume this other person _was_ indeed
- commenting on the health of the child-mother.
-
-
- > I hope the little girl is still
- > capable of having children when she grows up.
-
- What could get in her way, but the mandatory sterilization folks?
-
-
- > I hope that the
- > pope, who encourages the practice of denying children sex
- > education and denying everyone access to birth control
-
- Oh for Pete's sake. This is the same pope under whose auspices millions
- of mothers take their pubescent daughters to Natural Family Planning
- intro courses presicely TO learn sex eduation - to learn all about their
- bodies, where babies come from, self respect, and how not to have babies
- if they don't wish to.
-
- > and abortion, is proud of the latest addition to his family.
-
- I for one welcome them to the human race, even if _you'd_ have wished
- abortion on them.
-
- > Susan
-
- S. Forgach
-