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Article #479Re: if abortion is murder, it's murder
From: Rob Hocker
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00
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Ray Fischer wrote: > > Rob Hocker <rah@teleport.com> wrote: > >Ray Fischer wrote: > [etc.] > > >> Like I said. A CPC will try to pursuade a woman to avoid an abortion > > > >Since you seem to be a little slow... the line above is the part I > >agree with and... > > > >> regardless of the consequences to her. > > > >the line above is the part I disagree with. > > Suit yourself. I know of no circumstance where a CPC would counsel > a woman to get an abortion. > If the mother's life is in danger, they would say it becomes her choice. It becomes similar to a matter of self-defense (except the child is also a victim of the medical circumstance). > >> >They WILL NOT advocate anything that endangers the mother, > >> >either, since their stance is that life inside and outside the > >> >womb is precious. > >> > >> They won't advocate anything except childbirth. Given that the risks > >> from childbirth are rather higher than the risks from abortion, it's > >> clear that CPCs _do_ advocate that which endangers the mother. > > > >Given that what you state as "given" is not given at all, CPC's advocate > >what is best for *both* mother and child. > > It's well known that the risk of dying from childbirth overall is ten > times higher than the risk of dying from an abortion overall. If you > consider only first trimester abortions, then the difference becomes > even more dramatic since women don't die from 1st trimester abortions. > > Also, referring to an embryo as a "child" is a bit of a reach. > Ok. Child implies perhaps a later period in life. But an embryo conjures up images of chickens. Lets just call in like it is... a young human life. > >> > Nor do CPC's have have a founder who was into eugenics > >> > >> Just affiliates known for arson and assault and murder. > > > >violent persons in the general population holding *any* view > >can hardly be compared to the *founder* of an organization. > > Oh? The anti-abortion leaders regularly advocate the use of violence > and commen the murder of doctors. There are some so-called "leaders" who advocate violence, but their numbers are few in contrast to all who hold pro-life values. And, again, they haven't founded organizations that are successful in carrying out their violent views as is Planned Parenthood. > I know of no pro-choice leader of > advocate who has either committed murder or commended murder. I guess the blood of millions of "young human lives" is enough for them. > > >> >and the destruction of blacks as a race, as Planned Parenthood has > >> >in it's founder Margaret Sanger. > >> > >> Who has been dead for many years and who has no relevance at all to > >> today's Planned Parenthood. > > > >Except that they have *never* renounced her for what she stood for and > >believed in... > > Maybe they've never denounced what you _claim_ she stood for. > Her writings and letters are available for all to read. Rob.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,64603ffbe04c6f43 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: fb1cb,64603ffbe04c6f43 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cb,public X-Google-Thread: 10a18d,64603ffbe04c6f43 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a18d,public X-Google-Thread: 10e835,64603ffbe04c6f43 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e835,public X-Google-Thread: 105850,b96e15306975007b X-Google-Attributes: gid105850,public X-Google-Thread: 111a85,10ff89500e49e4b3 X-Google-Attributes: gid111a85,public From: Rob Hocker <rah@teleport.com> Subject: Re: if abortion is murder, it's murder Date: 1996/11/01 Message-ID: <327A8C16.24F3@teleport.com> X-Deja-AN: 193816595 references: <326AC58E.5DAD@teleport.com> <327699C5.1BD6@teleport.com> <rayE03tJC.LM@netcom.com> <327845DB.21A6@teleport.com> <rayE05rJq.DxA@netcom.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: or.general,ca.general,seattle.general,chi.general,or.politics,talk.abortion x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I)