this, of course, doesn't address the fact that marta thinks that many abortions are performed for trivial reasons. i really don't see how you can escape the fact that it's also the case the anti abortionists think the same thing. this is absurd. going through a late term abortion, for example, is excruciatingly painful and takes days. i really don't think people go through this for trivial reasons and it's a slap in the face to the people who do to suggest such an outrageous thing.
it's truly absurd to suggest that anyone has abortions for trivial reasons. futhermore, if i want to have one because my method of daily birth control doesn't work, tough titties. abortion IS a form of birth control.
>Gordon Fitch wrote:
> >
> > Jim Farmelant:
> > > ...
> > > And I remain puzzled how Marta can still regard
> > > herself to be pro-choice in regards to abortion,
> > > since she apparently thinks that many if not most
> > > abortions are done for trivial or otherwise morally
> > > and politically unacceptable reasons. And Nat Hentoff
> > > as I recall does call himself "pro-life" on the abortion
> > > issue.
> >
> > She probably distinguishes between the right or freedom to
> > do something, and the value of doing it. This seems to me
> > like an almost primordial intellectual move for non-
> > totalitarians, so I am puzzled at your puzzlement.