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From: johnston@spp1.UUCP (Micheal L. Johnston)
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 >Mr. Noah also seems to draw a corelation between frequency of child abuse
 >and abortion's legality.  That is like drawing a correlation between the
 >number of people who died in vietnam, and what kind of drinking water
 >they had as kids.  Gee, maybe it did have something to do with it  :)

I've been active in the abortion issue now for 18 years so this statement
provides a small chuckle. The original coorelation between child abuse and
abortion's legality originated in the pro-choice camp. There, someone, to
the tune of their own logic I guess, decided that if a woman didn't want a
child but was prevented from aborting it then that child would be unwanted.
Since it did have a logical sound to it, someone made it a statement a fact.

As a result immeasurable harm came to the pro-life groups as people said
"who wants battered children, let's support abortion".

Finally evidence was produced (and I don't believe either side refutes the
evidence) that at the least showed no effect but even hints at the
opposite effects.

At least Mr. Noah is working from facts.

			Mike Johnston