Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!microsof!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5a!hou5d!kwmc From: kwmc@hou5d.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Abortion: plea for reason Message-ID: <569@hou5d.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jul-83 10:59:10 EDT Article-I.D.: hou5d.569 Posted: Mon Jul 11 10:59:10 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jul-83 15:30:54 EDT References: <1726@utcsrgv.UUCP> Lines: 16 On the subject of abortion it was said in one article that "People who argue vehemently against abortion seem to have already made up their minds" ... and that only people who had had abortions were qualified to speak on the subject. RUBBISH ! ..... do I need to kill someone before I can argue that murder is wrong. Also is it not possible that people who have had abortions are more interested in justifying their guilty consciences than people who have taken a responsible attitude to sexual activity ? One last point, I would think that most abortions are the result of people voluntarily having sex without making proper preparation. The rape/failed contraceptive abortion I would think accounts for a very small proportion of all abortions. Does anybody have actual statistics for this ? Ken Cochran hou5d!kwmc