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From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Ad hoc philosophers
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Date: Thu, 25-Oct-84 09:16:08 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 25 09:16:08 1984
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From Don Stryker

>   It is somewhat comical (but also sad) for me to see a bunch of
>self righteous men philosophising about how they want to have control
>over the decisions that women must make about their bodies, lives, and
>minds. 
>   None of you will ever carry a child for nine months.  None of you will
>ever lose a job because of a pregnancy.  None of you will ever flunk out
>of professional school because of the physical, emotional, and financial
>burdons caused by an unwanted pregnancy.  Every woman who decides to have
>an abortion has made a very difficult decision based on what she as a human
>being believes to be right.  It is sad to think that so many men must
>continue to do what they can to keep women barefoot and pregnant.  To
>you it is a stimulating philosophical discussion.  To the women you are
>trying to control it is a deeply personal decision that will effect their
>lives forever.  I wish you would accept the need to let women make the choices
>they must make about THEIR bodies, even if you don't respect their ability
>to make an intelligent choice.
>
>
Hear! Hear!  This is precisely what makes me so upset whenever I read this
newsgroup, and makes it so that I don't read it too often because I always
end up being sick to the stomach by the insensitivity of some of the
participants.  Judging form the lack of femal participation here, I must
not be the only one reacting this way.

Sophie Quigley
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