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- From: cj@eno.esd.sgi.com.esd.sgi.com (C.J. Silverio)
- Subject: Re: The issue is abortion, not choice
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- References: <1993Jan26.002031.13994@ncsu.edu> <C1FxF5.L4I@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 17:38:09 GMT
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- In article <C1FxF5.L4I@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu writes:
- |For those who are personally opposed to abortion, but don't want to force their
- |opinions on anyone, and are thus "pro-choice", could you please explain why you
- |are against abortion, if not for the reason that it causes the death of an
- |unborn child, and if it causes the death of an innocent human, why do you act
- |in favor of allowing that to continue?
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- Abortion, while 11 times safer than childbirth, is still less
- safe than contraception. Similarly, I can support the existence
- of open-heart surgery while wishing that no one ever needed to
- get it, and hoping that people choose preventative measures
- instead.
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- C J Silverio cj@sgi.com ceej@well.sf.ca.us
- "Perhaps my favorite moment was when a pro-lifer threatened to
- kill me. Or maybe it was when a pro-lifer said I should have been
- aborted. Nah, the best moment was when the one who said I
- should be killed claimed to respect all life." --Jay Stein, in talk.abortion
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