Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!bstempleton From: bstempleton@watmath.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: The two major abortion issues and a plea to keep them apart. Message-ID: <7052@watmath.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 23:33:14 EST Article-I.D.: watmath.7052 Posted: Wed Feb 29 23:33:14 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 07:07:08 EST Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 25 Welcome to net.abortion. Please don't expect anything to be solved here, as we all know this is a very emotional issue. Please try and keep personal attacks down to a minimum. Avoid shouting "Baby-Killer!!!" and "I can do what I want with my own body, you damned red-neck!!" This will get us nowhere. There are two different issues in abortion. The so-called "pro-life" issue (what I prefer to call the moral issue) deals with whether abortion is right or wrong. Ie. you are pro-abortion or anti-abortion. The other issue, the so-called "pro-choice" issue (what I call the legal issue) deals with whether abortion should be legal or illegal. So you can be pro-legalized or anti-legalized. While few people are pro-abortion and anti-legalization, all other three combinations can and do occur. So try and indicate which issue you are talking about. There is a third minor issue of whether abortion should get public funding. This is a sticky one and people can go either way on this. (For example, I am pro-abortion, pro-legalized and anti-public funding) -- Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ont. (519) 886-7304