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APPENDIX A. TALK.ABORTION: AUGUST 9, 1994 149
>: the fetus’s body begins."
>: Ray Fischer
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Article 33
Reference 161525
From steiner@netcom.com
Date Tue, Aug 2, 1994 10:43 PM
In Article , ckalina@gwis.circ.gwu.edu
(Charles Kalina) wrote:
>In article ,
>Robert T. Weverka wrote:
>>In article ,
>>Matt Friedman wrote:
>>>I think that the pro-life movement should have taken an acative stand,
>>>publicly, against that type of terrorism and violence. Since the shootings
>>>they have condemned the violence, but that’s just locking the barn door.
>
>>In the last shooting they took up a fund to support the murderer’s family.
>>The blood is on their hands.
>
> Who’s "they"? Aren’t we generalizing just a tad here? I’m
>probably one of those you consider "they" and I never gave them a cent.
>Nor was I ever asked.
"they" are Operation Rescue, Rescue America, and Defensive Action, to name
three that I know of for sure. Unless you consider yourself to be part of
the "pro-live movement," the fact that you didn’t give and wasn’t asked is
immaterial to what you’re rebutting.
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| steiner@netcom.com | James Barrett who gave their lives for women’s rights|
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Article 34
Reference 161817
From
Date Wed, Aug 3, 1994 11:33 AM
> It would make them realize that there are alternatives. I have spoken
> to several women who have had abortions. They all said they had no
> choice. Pretty ironic, eh? They did have choices, but because abortion
> is legal, their parents, boyfriends, and abortion counsellors convinced
> them this was the only alternative.
> Robert Huck
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Compulsory abortion? The curse of too many options?
Rather sounds like "1984" and the "freedom" from having to
make choices.