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- From: vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu ()
- Subject: Re: Estimates of the incidence of illegal abortions
- References: <1993Jan21.014921.9070@ncsu.edu> <C19Gyv.5tx.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1993Jan22.164351.24570@ncsu.edu> <C1Dusu.LI4.1@cs.cmu.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:58:04 GMT
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- garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan22.164351.24570@ncsu.edu> dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >#In article <C19Gyv.5tx.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- >#garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
- >##dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >#
- >### +##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. Unlike you, Blackmun researched
- >### +#the issue before stating his opinion. You might try learning something
- >### +#about the issue.
- >###
- >### <C0wM37.KE2.1@cs.cmu.edu#
- >### garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin)
- >###
- >### And now we see Ms. Garvin furiously back-pedaling from that suggestion.
- >#
- >## No, I've yet to backpedal from the suggestion that Justice
- >## Blackmun did research into the abortion issue.
- >#
- >#That's not the suggestion I'm referring to, Garvin. You made
- >#the suggestion that the *incidence* of illegal abortion in 1860
- >#has "something to do with" the ruling in Roe v. Wade in 1973.
- >#Just what is the exact relationship, Garvin?
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- >I stated it above. You even managed to preserve the context this
- >time. Maybe you can now manage to read the text that you quoted.
-
- >#Remember, we're
- >#not talking about the dangers of illegal abortion, as Kaflowitz
- >#has suggested, but rather the *incidence* of illegal abortion.
- >#Look at the subject line if you forget.
-
- >I guess reading the net is really confusing for you, huh, DODie?
- >I mean, if you still think that the contents of a particular
- >article are always limited to the topic given in a subject line,
- >then you must believe that most people, including yourself,
- >are insane. Perhaps this explains why you so frequently
- >assume that other people share your particular fantasies
- >and logical lapses.
-
- >I quoted estimates of death rates in the original article.
- >You deleted them from your reply, as is your habit, so
- >perhaps you have forgotten that they were there. Thanks
- >for giving me another laugh - I love it when your selective
- >editing makes you look like a fool.
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- Susan, I'll be quite honest with you. I do not remember your making
- any substantial progress in refuting my claims on the death rates due to
- illegal abortion in any of your posts. It may be that I am incorrect,
- and I lack the knowledge of this news stuff to go look it up, but
- this is what I remember.
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- >Susan
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- Edward Simmonds- standard disclaimers
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