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From: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Stand firm on your position.
Message-ID: <205@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 14:35:16 EDT
Article-I.D.: cylixd.205
Posted: Wed Aug 21 14:35:16 1985
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References: <29057@lanl.ARPA> <389@oliven.UUCP> <219@bcsaic.UUCP>
Reply-To: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
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Summary: 

In article <219@bcsaic.UUCP> pamp@bcsaic.UUCP (pam pincha) writes:

>I do not understand why they [pro-lifers] not only want to
>do away with abortion, but birth control methods as well?!!  

Which pro-lifers are you talking about?!!

The *official* Catholic position (and the position of *some* 
fundamentalist Christians) is against birth control, on the grounds that
the purpose of sex is procreation.  (I don't know many Catholics who
adhere to the *official* position, though.)  A *few* fundamentalist 
Christians are also opposed to birth control, on other grounds that I
have never really understood.  Both groups are also pro-life.  Some 
other persons, generally conservative in their outlook, oppose giving 
birth control information to minors without the parents' knowledge and
consent.  These persons, who are generally pro-life, are not generally
opposed to birth control for adults.

However, not all pro-lifers are Catholic, fundamentalist, or opposed
to birth control for minors.  As a matter of fact, *most* pro-lifers,
even the few who are, in one way or another, opposed to birth control
in some form or another, would favor birth control if the alternative
is abortion.

(I am, by the way, a non-Catholic, non-fundamentalist who is opposed to
providing *prescription* birth control (i.e., the Pill) to minors
without the parents' knowledge and consent.  The parents are, after all,
responsible for the care of the minor, and would have to take care of
her if she suffered serious side effects.  I am in favor of birth 
control for adults who do not wish to get pregnant.)