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Subject: Re: Gosh, I hope this doesn't bury me
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> listening to men condemn them.  A man never faces this particular choice,
> and never can.  He is, sheer physical fact, one step removed.  While I can
> respect the viewpoints of many men, and at least respect the others' RIGHTS
> to their viewpoints, I just wish men would hold to themselves, quietly for
> a moment, the realization that the issue is uncharted land to them, and a
> place that they cannot be.
> 
Right on!  But try telling that to R. Reagan and J. Falwell, who assume
that a woman's greatest and highest calling is to be a receptacle for a man's
sperm.  Is there any woman in the world that wouldn't be honored with
the prospect of bearing one of their children, regardless of the circum-
stances?

					B. Day
		                        philabs!exquisit!brian