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From: dyer@wivax.UUCP (Stephen Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: open letter to pro-lifers
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Date: Sun, 18-Mar-84 22:05:41 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 18 22:05:41 1984
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Sophie,

I just dropped accidentally into the middle of this discussion, with
a broken .newsrc, but your recent article attempting to rebut anti-
abortion arguments is completely off the mark.  I don't understand
the reasoning behind it.  It seems to say, "yes, abortion is an atrocity,
but atrocities have been going on for millenia, so don't pick on abortion."
It seems to me that anyone who accepts this premise needs accept the whole
package--namely, that abortion is in fact a moral wrong, and should be
avoided at all costs.  Otherwise, you need to be able to juggle moral
concepts according to convenience, and live with a good deal of cognitive
dissonance.  I mean, I can at least understand where someone is coming
from when she says to me, "the fetus is not a person--I have no qualms
about terminating a pregnancy."  But this other argument...

A number of Catholic organization are, in fact, trying to provide alternatives
to abortion for women.  One would wish, however, that they would also put
their money up front for effective contraception and contraceptive counseling.
On the other hand, for most women today, the Church's proscription against
contraception has little force.

/Steve Dyer
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