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- From: vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu ()
- Subject: Re: Estimates of the incidence of illegal abortions
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:52:06 GMT
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- acolman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alison Colman) writes:
-
- >In article <C186G7.1Kr@news.cso.uiuc.edu> vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu () wr
- >tes:
- >>
- >>Has anyone considered the following hypothesis:
- >>
- >>Could it be possible that the availability of abortion may influence
- >>partners to be less careful with contraception? Could it not then
- >>ALSO be possible that were abortion proscribed, these same partners woul
-
- >>begin being MORE careful than they were previously? Could this not
- >>then reduce the 1.5 million unwanted pregnancies per year that WOULD
- >>have resulted in an abortion?
- >>
- >>With respect to at least my first question, Sandra Day O'Connor seems
- >>to think so.
- >>
- >>
- >>Have a nice day,
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >>Edward Simmonds- standard disclaimers
- >>
-
-
- >(I am new to nyx and new to rn, so please bear with me if the attributions
- >are off, or if this article is somewhat hard to read. I'm still getting
- >the hang of this.) This article is in response to edward Simmons' article,
- >which should be above.
-
- >As to whether the availibility of abortion will influence the sexual
- >behavior of people in this country, it's pretty hard to predict. I know
- >for myself, if abortion was made illegal in Pennsylvania, it wouldn't be
- >much of a problem for me to go to Maryland to have an abortion. Yes, it
- >might make me wary about having sex -- then again, it might not make much
- >of a difference. I know myself I would be extremely careful about using
- >effective birth control, regardless of the availability of abortion. So,
- >sorry to disappoint you, Edward. Making abortion illegal would not make me
- >have sex less, personally.
-
- I couldn't care less how much sex you have. All I care about is that
- you do it responsibly.
-
- >Of course, this is assuming that my sexual habits are any of your
- >business. Which they aren't.
-
- I must wonder why you assume I am in the least bit interested in your
- sexual habits. As long as you aren't hurting anybody... what you do
- is your business.
-
- >Going by what you said, can I reasonably assume that you are greatly in
- >favor of all forms of contraceptives being easily obtainable, and
- >inexpensive? As it stands now, some of the most effective forms of birth
- >control, such as Norplant, are not available to me. I am not poor enough
- >to get Norplant through any public assistance program, but at the same
- >time, I am not really able to drop $800-$900 dollars for an exam and a
- >Norplant implantation. And due to the nature of my employment, I don't
- >have health insurance right now. I would really like some of this to
- >change. I would like Norplant, the Pill, and Depo-Provera to be cheaper,
- >and I would like to be able to get health insurance at a reasonable cost.
- >Is this something you would like too, Edward?
-
- I don't think Norplant would do me much good, quite frankly. I would
- suggest to you that you go look up "free market" and "capitalist society".
-
- >In the meanwhile, though, what would you say to someone like me? Would you
- >have the gall to tell me that I shouldn't be having any sex because I
-
- EXCUSE ME? You had better show me where I said you shouldn't have sex,
- because if I haven't you have blatantly slandered me. What I said
- is the availability of abortion may lower the use of OTHER contraceptive
- methods (ie. Condoms, etc...).
-
- >can't afford the best birth control out there? And I would rather not hear
- >you say to me, "there are lots of other things to do besides intercourse",
- >as if I wasn't aware of that fact. If I want to have intercourse, it is
- >not within anyone's right to tell me I shouldn't. Not to mention that I
- >think that would be a really snotty motive for making abortion illegal --
- >to try to curb the sexual habits of others.
-
- Ms. Colman, you'd better learn a little net-etiquette. Did I say anything
- about how what modes of sex you should have? You owe me at least
- two apologies now.
-
- >Alison (no .sig yet! :-))
-
- >acolman@nyx.cs.du.edu, Alison Colman@launchpad.oit.unc.edu
-
- Have a nice day,
-
-
- Edward Simmonds- standard disclaimers, now understands what net.clueless is
-
-
-