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From: barry@mit-eddie.UUCP (Mikki Barry)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: RE:  Mikki Barry is a Pro-Lifer
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 13:43:39 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 13:43:39 1985
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Matt, Matt, Matt.  Don;t you understand you won't change my opinion?  But
since you brought up a few points directed to me in particular, I will
address them:

1.  I contribute to Planned Parenthood, a group that in my city does NOT
    perform abortions, but DOES councel women as to proper birth control
    methods and pregnancy help.  Yes, they do refer women to clinics
    if they decide (after counceling) to have an abortion.

2.  Yes, there are times when it would be best FOR THE FETUS to be aborted.
    Try severe birth defects for one.

3.  How many clinics would you like me to name for you before you admit that
    not all clinics that do abortions make all their money from them?

4.  You attitude that a pregnant woman is stupid upsets me.  It may come
    as a severe shock to you, but a pregnant woman is perfectly capable of
    making rational decisions.  Go ask a few to figure out math problems
    if you don't believe me.  Women have brains with which to make decisions
    concerning pregnancy.  Who are you to say they do not?

5.  Pickets at the NH health center I went to for ob/gyn shoved pictures of
    6 month old miscarried fetuses in my face when I went inside for a pap
    smear.  It upset me because I realized that these people actually believed
    that the picture they held was a first trimester abortion, and they may
    also cause someone else to believe it.  It also made me wonder how many
    people were going into the clinic for routine checks as opposed to the
    target group of women going in for abortions.

6.  Can a pro-lifer tell a pro-choicer not to preach?  Which one of our
    opinions is drawn from religion?  Certainly not mine.  

We could go on forever, arguing back and forth and not changing a damn
thing.  If you don't like abortion, that's of course your right.  Send
in your money to pro-life groups, picket clinics, call your congresspeople.
It won't change anything.  Abortions will happen anyway as they have for
thousands of years.  I am simply advocating stopping the problem of unwanted
pregnancies before abortion is even thought about.  If you disagree, and
believe unwanted pregnancies should not be stopped, that's a different
discussion.

Mikki Barry