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- From: decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz)
- Subject: Re: Estimates of the incidence of illegal abortions
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:58:05 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.125805.11585@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <1993Jan19.234354.27547@ncsu.edu> <1993Jan22.165605.25573@ncsu.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan22.165605.25573@ncsu.edu>, dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- > In article <C19I0H.6p5.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- > garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
- >
- > > I wonder why it was so important to him to lie so persistently
- > > in this thread.
- >
- > Garvin, you suggested that the *incidence* of illegal abortion
- > in 1860 has "something to do" with the Roe v. Wade ruling in
- > 1973. Now it looks as though you're back-pedaling from that
- > suggestion. Instead of whining about me, why don't you admit
- > that you were wrong to begin with.
-
-
- I explained the connection in another article. I'm not
- sure if that was the connection Susan may or may not have been
- referring to, but I did explain it. I'll explain it again,
- since Reverend Holtsinger may have missed it. The unsafe
- nature of abortions in the 19th century was at least partly
- responsible for the passage of laws prohibiting abortions
- in many cases. This was done to protect women. The historical
- rates of death and injury among women who have had illegal
- and medically unsafe abortions in turn influenced Justice
- Blackmun's approach to the issue.
-
- If you need a longer explanation than that, Reverend, let me
- know.
-
- 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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