From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!hou5f!hou5d!houxz!ihnp4!ihuxm!prgclb
Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Re: 10th anniversary
Article-I.D.: ihuxm.161
Posted: Mon Jan 31 16:45:11 1983
Received: Tue Feb  1 19:12:28 1983
Reply-To: prgclb@ihuxm.UUCP (Carl Blesch)
References: unc.4564

Bill Leler, I think your letter has been the
most constructive and sensible assessment of the
abortion controversy yet posted.
I too believe abortion is immoral,
but I also believe that back-alley abortions
are even more so (the ignorance, added suffering,
and organized crime participation are all part
of this immorality).  And back-alley abortions
are what we're going to get by simplistically
making legal abortion illegal.

Problem is, so many anti-abortionists are the
very same people who are anti-education and
anti-birth control.  Why did abortion become "legal"
in the first place?  Because of inadequate birth control
information and practices, because society
socially outcast the unmarried pregnant girl/woman, etc.

>From my moral standpoint, I'm against abortion --
legal, illegal or however.
But we who are against abortion are not
going to stop it by carelessly passing laws
that deal with symptoms instead of causes.
This especially applies to amending the constitution -- a process
which our country's forefathers did not intend as
a method of single-issue legislation!
Those who advocate anti-abortion legislation
should also advocate legislation creating every means possible
to make people not want or need abortion in the first place.
Of course, my assessment/proposal is a bit simplistic,
but it seems like a step in the right direction . . .

Carl Blesch