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From: mjv@ihu1e.UUCP (Vlach)
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Subject: Re: informed choices?
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 22:04:34 EDT
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re: Matt Noah, sidewalk abortion counselor

Sidewalk COUNSELOR?  All the people I have ever seen lurking outside of
abortion clinics are just harassing people, even threatening them.  It's
really much too late to argue about abortion outside of clinics.  If you
are so concerned about this, why don't you do something useful and do
volunteer work for Planned Parenthood, or some other group trying to get
people to use birth control?!?  MUCH more productive.  Please understand
that pro-choice folks would be happy to see no abortions, but this can 
only happen when there are no unwanted pregnancies.

Perhaps the manner in which abortions are carried out upsets you, but I
think you are just playing on emotions here.  In almost all abortions the 
fetus is less than 12 week old, and no one has *any* evidence that they can 
feel *anything*.  I guess you must not approve of the way cattle or pigs 
are slaughtered either.  Lots of blood and pain for sure.  But of course 
you're a vegetarian... 

Marcia Bear 

P.S.  I know this will flame a lot of people, but...since men never have 
to worry about getting pregnant, I never value their opinions about 
abortion too much.