Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!reed!thoma From: thoma@reed.UUCP (Ann Muir Thomas) Newsgroups: net.abortion Subject: late-term abortions Message-ID: <1633@reed.UUCP> Date: Sat, 8-Jun-85 20:24:58 EDT Article-I.D.: reed.1633 Posted: Sat Jun 8 20:24:58 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Jun-85 03:43:14 EDT Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 13 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Recently, Matt Noah argued that since 97% of *all* abortions are "convenience" abortions ("conveinience" according to anti- choicers), 40 of the "41 late term abortions done each day" are for convenience. It seems to me (and I may be entirely wrong) that late-term abortions are more likely to be for medical reasons than anything else. At least that's what I've heard. --my choice to have an abortion, or not to, is mine, not Ronald Reagan's, or any man's, or any deity's.-- Ann Muir Thomas