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- From: hasselbring@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Abortions should be rare
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.114716.2152@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 11:47:16 -0500
- References: <1993Jan26.032351.26713@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan26.032351.26713@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, acolman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alison Colman) writes:
- > of Denver for the Denver community. The University has neither
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- > References: <1993Jan25.115252.2129@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>
- > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 03:23:51 GMT
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- > In article <1993Jan25.115252.2129@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> hasselbring@g
- > vax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
- >>According to both the Washington Post and the Washington Times,
- >>Clinton said that America should be a place where abortions are legal
- >>and safe, but rare.
- >>
- >>I wonder what he meant by rare. Does he realize that currently one of
- >>every three pregnancies are terminated by abortion? Does he realize
- >>that over 4000 babies are aborted per day on the average in the US?
- >>
- >>I know of no one who thinks that the repealing of the bans on
- >>22-Jan-93 will result in fewer abortions. How can Clinton say that he
- >>thinks aboritons should be rare when his actions will make abortions
- >>more common?
- >>
- >>Sue Hasselbring
- >>hasselbring:guvax.georgetown.edu
- >
- >
- > It would be silly to think that Clinton is not aware of the number of
- > abortions being performed currently in this country.
- >
- > Are you one of those people that think that the best way to make abortions
- > rare is to either make abortion illegal, or put as many restrictions on
- > the availability of abortion as possible?If so, it is fortunate that
- > Clinton does not think along the same lines as you do.
-
- So do you think that there would be fewer murders and robberies in
- this country if we made them legal? I think most people in most of
- the world acknowledge that laws do help control crime. I do agree
- that more than that needs to be done, including lots of education
- especially about the process of conception and the growth of humans in
- the womb before they are born.
-
-
- > By reversing Bush's and Reagan's policies wrt abortion last Friday,
- > Clinton is fulfilling the "safe and legal" portion of his statement. And
- > if he approves the Family Leave Act, gives more money to family planning
- > clinics and government-sponsored research of contraception and the like,
- > and in general creates a climate in this country which would make it both
- > easier for people to prevent unwanted pregnancies and for women to have
- > and keep their children, he is fulfilling the "rare" portion of his
- > statement. In a much more humane and effective manner that would have
- > positive long-term results, IMO, as opposed to Bush/Reagan's pro-"life"
- > policies.
-
- But why should abortions be made rare if they are not wrong? And why
- should they be legal if they are wrong?
-
- Sue Hasselbring
-