From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!unc!wm
Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Re: 10th anniversary
Article-I.D.: unc.4564
Posted: Thu Jan 27 11:54:59 1983
Received: Sun Jan 30 07:43:02 1983
References: sdcsvax.84

Well, I'll try to hit above the belt here (so to speak).
This letter is in response to the letter wondering how people
could justify abortion, which was in response to the person
who was commenting on how recently abortion was made legal.

It seems like we are discussing two different things here.
One person is talking about the fact that abortions are LEGAL,
and the other about whether they are MORAL.  I don't agree
with or like abortion, and would not suggest to someone that
it is ok to do.  Yet I was out last saturday in the rain
at a pro-choice rally holding a sign celebrating the 10th
anniversary of the Roe vs Wade decision.  I believe that making
abortions illegal will not stop them in the slightest, but will
only hurt women and possibly kill them.  Therefore, I am for
choice, and will actively fight for it.  If someone is against
abortion, let them suggest alternatives.  Making it illegal would
be like making DRINKING illegal.  And the anti-abortion forces
even have the GALL to suggest a constitutional amendment!  If we
couldn't enforce an amendment against drinking, how in the world
are we going to enforce an amendment against abortion.  An
elite corps of Pregnancy Police.  Road blocks on the highway
with spot checks (pun intended)?

If people REALLY feel abortion is wrong, let them work to provide
socially acceptable alternatives to abortion.  It seems that
most people who are against abortion are also for making women
who get pregnant feel ashamed and sleezy (I can hear all the
flames turning up from that one!)  Let's see some real work in
this area, instead of people just trying to make abortions
illegal.  If all the anti-abortion fervor and lobbying could
be turned to provide alternatives to women who get pregnant, or
safe, reliable methods of birth control (for men, as well as
women) then maybe abortions will become a thing of the past.

flame off
			Wm Leler - UNC Chapel Hill