[lbo-talk] "I Had an Abortion"

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Aug 2 06:56:14 PDT 2004


Carrol Cox wrote:


>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.

I know you don't care about this sort of thing, but you don't do the movement any favors by describing a fetus as indistinguishable from a polyp. I consider myself pretty hard-core on this subject, but even I have a visceral reaction against your language. And if I have that reaction, you can be sure that the less hard core could be driven into the ranks of right-to-lifers on hearing you. There really is no complexity in your world, is there? All questions were settled 30 years ago.

Doug



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