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From: pmd@cbscc.UUCP (Paul Dubuc)
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Subject: Re: we have cause to be suspicious
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[From Tom Teixeira:]
>Gerald Owens (gatech!owens) has claimed that a doctor would be
>financially motivated to be in favor of abortion ("No abortion, no
>fee").  Not only is this accusation repugnant and insulting to most
>doctors (no, I'm not one), it ignores the fact that most doctors
>performing abortions are obstetricians and gynecologists who would get
>a much larger fee for prenatal care and delivery.

I think you might have a hard time supporting the claim that abortionists
make less money than OB GYNs that don't do abortions.  The fee of the 
latter group may be larger, but their service is rendered over a 9 month
period.  An abortion takes very little time or concern for the individual
on the part of the doctor.  Try getting one up at 2 AM to do an abortion.
For the amount of actual work they do, I think abortionists come out way
ahead.  But don't believe me, read Dr. Bernard Nathanson's books "Aborting
America" and "The Abortion Papers".  He ought to know, he ran the largest
abortion clinic in the U.S. and was co-founder of the NARAL.

In particular, working in an abortion clinic is a very lucrative way
for a new OB/GYN, just getting out of school with no practice, to get
their start.  A pro-life doctor would have a much harder time establishing
a practice let alone making more money once they did.

Paul Dubuc