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From: turner@ucbesvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: net.abortion will be created shortly
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Date: Fri, 3-Feb-84 06:07:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  3 06:07:00 1984
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Nf-From: ucbesvax!turner    Feb 29 03:07:00 1984

Count one "yes" vote here for net.abortion, and idea whose time has come,
gone, come, gone and arrived yet again.  Those of us with deplorably knee-
jerk responses to this issue (regardless of which side) would certainly
welcome a separate newgroup, for two reasons:

	1. If we wish to indulge, we can be subscribers.
	2. If we do not wish to indulge, we can unsubscribe,
	   and thereafter direct all abortion flamers to an
	   appropriate existing newsgroup.

Personally, I would appreciate having net.abortion around as a layer of
insulation.  The "no abortion flaming" taboo has had a positive regulatory
effect for some (dare I say it) nine months now, but this is evidently only
the gestation period for renewal of the discussion.  So let's do it right
this time: net.abortion on demand!
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Michael Turner (ucbesvax.turner)