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From: feinberg@trwrb.UUCP (Cheryl R. Feinberg)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Yea Morgan Watkins
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Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 13:16:15 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 22 13:16:15 1984
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I agree wholeheartedly with Morgan's suggestion of a mandatory
"cooling off period."  

I was one of those women with a surprise, "unwanted" pregnancy.
When I learned of my predicament, I was 19 and single and told
my doctor "No way am I having this baby."  Only the year was
1967 and safe abortions weren't readily available.  The only
legal abortions were with a psychiatrist's afidavit saying it
would be extremely harmful to the mother to continue the
pregnancy.  The time it took to set up my appointment (with
guaranteed concurrence) gave me time to rethink my position.
I decided not to have the abortion, and have not regretted
that decision for one second.  It should be noted that I had
no idea how I would care for this child, but I/we managed -
quite nicely.  She is now a beautiful (nearly) 16 year old girl.

The point is that some women would change their minds in this
cooling off period, and those that did would likely be
grateful that someone had the foresight to mandate it.  I
just got lucky.

                   Cheryl Feinberg