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- From: vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu ()
- Subject: Re: Estimates of the incidence of illegal abortions
- References: <1993Jan19.234354.27547@ncsu.edu> <1993Jan22.165605.25573@ncsu.edu> <1993Jan25.125805.11585@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 06:15:33 GMT
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- decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) writes:
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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.
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-
- >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
-
- Mr. Kaflowitz, the main reason abortion was made illegal in the 19th
- century was the discovery of fertilization and the fact the AMA was
- actively lobbying Congressmen with their view that life began at
- fertilization.
-
- Sorry to burst your bubble.
-
-
-
- >"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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- Edward Simmonds- standard disclaimers
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