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From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
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Subject: Re: Re: Channel 13 documentary on China
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 10:39:49 EDT
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> 
> For myself, I don't think it comes down to a choice between these two
> options.  But I've been hearing that to ward off starvation, forced abortion
> is the best option.  It seems, however, that some selfish motives contribute
> to that thinking on the part of pro-choice folks.
> 
Please don't confuse your terminology: Pro-choice means giving women a  choice
on the matter.  Forced abortion does not do any such thing and as such is even
more barbarian than forced pregnancy.  I am pro-choice, but I'd rather live in
a country where abortions are not available than live in one where they are
forced on me.  To me, there is not much difference between forced abortions
and rape.  They both are unwelcome invasions of my body.  If one cannot control
one's own body, then one cannot have much human dignity left whether one is
starving or not.
People who are for forced abortion are not pro-choice.  They are pro-abortion.

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Sophie Quigley
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