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- From: bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com (J H Woodyatt)
- Subject: The *REAL* force behind the pro-choice movement...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.203632.15438@wdl.loral.com>
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- Organization: Abiogenesis 4 Less
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:36:32 GMT
- Lines: 75
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- hamilton@mothra.rose.hp.com (Steve Hamilton) writes:
- # Wouldn't it be interesting if the pro-abortion movement was really the
- # brainchild of chauvenistic males who saw pregnancy as the last barrier
- # to getting all the sex they wanted? Perhaps feminists have been duped.
- #
- # Just a bizzare thought.
-
- Heh. Take it to talk.bizarre and see how long you last with it.
-
- Your puny theory (which incidentally is also Feminists For Life's
- theory) falls down in its sexist assumption that only men are capable
- of coming up with and implementing such a devious (NOT!) scheme to
- make the consequences of unplanned pregnancy, for both men and women,
- less dire.
-
- "I have very bad news, John. I'm pregnant."
-
- "Oh damn, that *is* bad news."
-
- "What am I going to do?"
-
- "Have the baby?"
-
- "I couldn't go through with it. My life would be ruined. I'd have to
- go off my anti-depressants. My doctor says I might not live through
- childbirth. I can barely keep myself in rice and beans -- a kid? No
- way. Prenatal care is impossible to get. I gotta fight my way past
- violent protestors to get checkups at the free clinic. I don't have
- any health coverage. I can't pay for a proper birth at a hospital.
- They'll replace me at work if I take pregnancy leave. How am I going
- to support myself as an office clerk with a newborn child. I can't
- afford day care. I'll have to go on AFDC, WIC and get food stamps,
- and the budgets for those are getting slashed every year. No way.
- What am I going to do?"
-
- "Maybe I could quit college and get a job selling something. We could
- get married. I could support you."
-
- "Married? You have to be kidding. Your wife would kill you in
- divorce court if she didn't simply take a shotgun to you. No. That
- doesn't work. What am I going to do?"
-
- "You could have the baby and put it up for adoption."
-
- "I've still got the problem with the anti-depressants, the pre-natal
- care and pregnancy leave from work not to mention where am I going to
- get the cash for a hospital stay. Childbirth costs like thousands of
- dollars. What if I can't find anybody to adopt the baby."
-
- "There are people who can help. There's a crisis pregnancy counseling
- center in town."
-
- "They're cryptofascist screwheads. All they care about is making a
- quick buck selling babies across state lines. No. That's out. What
- am I going to do?"
-
- "Well, have you considered a safe, legal abortion?"
-
- "Gosh, no -- why didn't I think of that?"
-
- "Oh, simple. You're a girl. You couldn't possibly think of something
- like that. It's not your nature. You might even be able to use
- RU-486 and you won't even have to deal with the protestors at the
- clinic."
-
- "Gosh, you're smart. I wish I were a man. You guys have such big
- brains."
-
-
- --
- +---------------------------+ I wasn't expecting it. When Danny Elfman
- | J H Woodyatt | sang the words, `goo goo ga choo,' Sunday
- | bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com | night, I cracked. Some horrors are too
- +---------------------------+ large to shade out.
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