From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxn!wwb Newsgroups: net.women Title: Abortion is a SEXual Issue Article-I.D.: ihuxn.215 Posted: Fri Feb 4 15:38:15 1983 Received: Sat Feb 5 04:57:32 1983 Reply-To: wwb@ihuxn.UUCP (Walt Barnes) I really don't thinks this belongs in this news group, but this is where the discussions about abortion are going on. I have always wondered why when so many people are arguing pro and con about abortion, that no one ever changes their opinion. I think that is because no one is arguing about the "real" issue. And by avoiding this real issue, the causes for peoples beliefs are not being addressed. The real issue behind abortion is SEX. Generally, people that are against abortion are against recreational sex. Some people think that the only purpose for sex is procreation and that recreational sex is immoral. To these people, pregnancy and venereal diseases are just punishment for such immoral behavior. Anything that reduces such punishment, like abortion, encourages immoral behavior. Other people think that recreational sex is just fine. These people see pregnancy as an inconvenience occasionally associated with pursing that pleasure. Abortion is therefore a perfectly reasonable response, like going on a diet after too much holiday eating. I have thought about this quite a bit and it seems to make sense to me. While there are some people that don't seem to fit this mold, at second look they often do. For example, the recent arrest of the anti-abortionist who was fornicating in the back of a parked car with a man who was not her husband. While you might expect this person to think recreational sex is OK, I bet not. The world is full of people who intentional do things that they feel are morally wrong. On the other side of the coin, I imagine there are plenty of people who say they are against recreational sex who are actually just shy or self conscious and would be all for recreational sex if they could get over their shyness (or whatever). Walt Barnes ...!ihuxn!wwb