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- From: garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin)
- Subject: Re: Estimates of the incidence of illegal abortions
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:20:54 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.130133.15616@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) writes:
- #In article <1993Jan21.014921.9070@ncsu.edu>, dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- ## In article <1993Jan20.210343.23208@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- ## decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) writes:
- ## #dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- ## ##garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
- ## ###dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- ##
- ## #### it is questionable whether Ms. Garvin's estimates could be
- ## #### applied to today's situation.
- ##
- ## ### Of course, I never claimed that they could.
- ##
- ## ## Then we agree that your estimates are worthless.
- ## ## Why are you still arguing the point?
- ##
- ## # Susan never said any such thing.
- ##
- ## 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)
- ##
- ##
- ## And now we see Ms. Garvin furiously back-pedaling from that suggestion.
- #
- #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. But that's not what you said. Today is January 22,
- #1993. Exactly 20 years after the announcement of the Roe v Wade
- #decision. So what you are talking about is not what Susan was
- #talking about. By the way, they are not "her estimates," but
- #estimates from sources contemporary to the illegal abortions
- #discussed.
-
- I note that Reverend Holtsinger deleted Dean's explanation
- of why DODie was wrong in his reply. Maybe DODie thinks
- that this really is 1973. We already know that Simmonds
- thinks that 1957 was over fifty years ago, so maybe a
- problem with dates is common among misogynists.
-
- ## # Only a stupid person would conclude that therefore they are
- ## # worthless.
- ##
- ## Her estimates are worthless to the extent that they cannot be
- ## used today in any meaningful fashion. They do help soothe
- ## yours and Ms. Garvin's precious little egos though....
- #
- #The estimates she quoted addressed the issue under discussion
- #specifically and conclusively. The estimates give insight
- #into some of the motivation of the Roe v Wade decision. The
- #estimates are not worthless, unless you try to make them do
- #something they were not intended for. I have no idea what you
- #are trying to do with them. I don't think you have any idea
- #either, beyond trying to say "so and so is wrong" just to say
- #it.
-
- DODie's just upset because he's forgotten why I posted the estimates
- in the first place. I explained it again in a reply to Simmonds.
- DODie probably deleted the explanation mentally instead of
- reading it.
-
- #Dean Kaflowitz
- #
- #"Yeah, bringing that Amazon enclave of women to America would just
- #spoil everything. I'd prefer to have them stay in the Amazon,
- #so that I could go live them there." - Reverend Doug Holtsinger
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- Susan
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