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From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard)
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Subject: Re: Gosh poll
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From ttidca!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!bellcore!allegra!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!egs Tue Feb 19 11:19:14 1985
Subject: Re: Gosh, I hope this doesn't bury me
From: egs@epsilon.UUCP (Ed Sheppard)
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Date: Tue, 19-Feb-85 11:19:14 PST




>What do you (both pro-choice and pro-life) believe motivates the
>opposition.  Do you consider them to be heartless, unconcerned, etc.
>pursuing a (primarily) politically motivated campaign, determined to shove
>their ideology/moral standards down other people's throats?  Or are they
>honest in their convictions but simply misguided?  Consider this a poll:
>respond to me and I'll summarize to the net in a while.
>                                        Ed Sheppard
>                                        Bellcore
I think that most persons on each side of the abortion issue are honest in
their convictions, and most truly have deeply considered the aspects they
consider germaine to the argument.  However, on the Pro-life side, I think
they are determined to shove their ideology/moral standards down other
people's throats (which is what anti-abortion legislation would do) where
as the Pro-choice side is willing to leave things up to the individual
(which is what pro-abortion legislation would do).  If the issue were left
up to the individual, then s/he is free to choose on the basis of his/er
own beliefs.  However, those who believe it is murder cannot square their
belief with the current laws of the land.  The belief itself requires
enactment of anti-abortion laws and penalty for the choice.

Feel free to summarize as need be for your followup.  Thanks, A. Regard