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In article <gumbach.372.2F1962C3@hookup.net> gumbach@hookup.net (Gary  Umbach) writes:
>From: gumbach@hookup.net (Gary  Umbach)
>Subject: Re: ABORTION NON-DEBATE
>Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 18:00:35 GMT

>In article <3fbi40$k1h@knot.queensu.ca> 4cii@qlink.queensu.ca (Iggulden Christine I) writes:

>>Merv Unger (munger@bbs.sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca (munger@bbs.sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca) wrote:
>>: It is interesting to note the continuing debate over abortion. It is
>>: a non-debate because their are no grey areas. It is a black and white
>>: issue, either abortion is killing or it is not. Nobody will ever find
>>: a middle ground in that. So, why argue about it?
>>: Even in religeon and politics there is room for give and take, but not
>>: on this issue.
>>: Think about it! All the verbosity in the world won't change that, so let's
>>: drop the subject and stick to our personal beliefs on the issue.

>>Yes and give women the right to control their own bodies and decide when 
>>child birth is right for them....

> I thought they already had that right, can't they just say no ?

> Silly me, but if ya don't have sex ya can't get pregnant, right ?

Right.  But we live in a world in which women, even women who are saying no 
with all their strength, sometimes do "have sex"  (more accurately, get 
raped).  Why should someone victimized once by a rapist be victimized again by 
a society saying she can not terminate the resulting pregnancy if she wants to?