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From: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: And now for something completely different -- I hope
Message-ID: <297@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 09:35:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: cylixd.297
Posted: Fri Sep 20 09:35:59 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 04:57:40 EDT
References: <418@oliven.UUCP>
Reply-To: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Organization: RCA Cylix Communications , Memphis, TN
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Summary: 

In article <418@oliven.UUCP> barb@oliven.UUCP (Barbara Jernigan) writes:
>but what I'm really curious to see is *WHY* females (women 
>and girls) do get abortions.  

The only reason I would consider an abortion would be a physician's 
declaration that continuing the pregnancy would endanger my life. 

However, the three friends I have had who have considered abortion all
did so for the same reason:  they had gotten pregnant out of wedlock and
they did not want anyone to know they had been having sex with their 
boyfriends.  They wanted to protect their reputations.  When you start 
showing, after all, it's obvious to everyone what you've been doing.  

All three decided to carry their baby to term because they decided the
life of their baby was more important than their reputations.  Their
decisions were, in fact, based on the moral issues involved.

		charli