Your position and Yoshie's on this issue is simply repulsive to me.
Joanna
Carrol Cox wrote:
>joanna bujes wrote:
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>>This is an attempt to disentangle the abortion wrangle:
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>>What is not debatable (for me) is who has the right to decide about
>>abortions: the right answer (short or long) is the woman. If the debate
>>is still on that level with this group, then let's have that debate.
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>A minor point: it's not really a debate, it's a demand. It has been a
>long time since I thought that this right is is one that requires the
>giving of reasons. As I point out below, I didn't have to give a reason
>when I had three polyps removed July 8. Until a woman decides otherwise,
>a fetus is a growth, period, no different from a polyp.
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>The right to abortion must be in the same category as my right to have
>some polyps removed from my colon on July 8. There must be no moral
>pressure: that is there must be no one around saying anything remotely
>like, "This is a very heavy choice to which you must give careful
>consideration."
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>That's why Yoshie's position is the _only_ position which actually puts
>forth the woman's right to an abortion. It's a medical procedure. It is
>_less_ than trival as a moral issue. It is no moral issue at all.
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>And the right, such as it now exists, was achieved by raising hell. Not
>by persuading people. And that is the way it is going to be finally
>achieved in practice for millions of women who do not have it now.
>That's why Yoshie's tactical suggestions are fundamental.
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>Carrol
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