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- From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
- Subject: Re: Abortions should be rare
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.231629.28755@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:16:29 GMT
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- In <1993Jan27.114716.2152@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> hasselbring@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan26.032351.26713@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, acolman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alison Colman) writes:
- >>
- >> 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.
- >
- >I think most people in most of
- >the world acknowledge that laws do help control crime.
-
- But abortion is not a crime, so what's your point?
-
- >> 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?
-
- Like any other form of surgery, it's preferable to avoid it if possible.
- That doesn't make it wrong.
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- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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