If this is any indication of communication, the human race is doomed.
Marta
kelley wrote:
>
> 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.
-- Marta Russell author, Los Angeles, CA http://disweb.org/ Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract http://www.commoncouragepress.com/russell_ramps.html