Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site charm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!eagle!mhuxl!mhuxj!mhuxi!charm!tpkq From: tpkq@charm.UUCP (Timothy Kerwin) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: ABORT the "debate" already!!!!!!! Message-ID: <269@charm.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 22:09:38 EST Article-I.D.: charm.269 Posted: Mon Mar 5 22:09:38 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Mar-84 07:02:42 EST References: <921@hou5e.UUCP>, <1012@pegasus.UUCP> Organization: Physics Research - AT&T Bell Labs MH Lines: 15 ! I disagree with those who would move the abortion debate out of net.women. The "pro-lifers" always present the issue as a religious or philosophical question about "when life begins," or "what constitutes human life." The woman is conveniently pushed out of the picture, and the decision about whether or not she can have an abortion is left to the jurists and the priests. From the pro-choice point of view, abortion is a WOMEN'S RIGHTS issue. It's the ->woman<- who should decide which of the various philosophical points of view she will accept.