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From: cheryl@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (cheryl)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian,soc.women,talk.abortion
Subject: Re: Feminism and Abortion
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Date: Thu, 25-Sep-86 22:04:37 EDT
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In article <1604@vax1.fluke.UUCP> stim@fluke.UUCP (Randy Stimpson) writes:
>
>
>The October issue of Sojourners featured an article on abortion by feminist
>Ginny Soley.  In the article she shows how the rights of women and unborn
>children must be addressed together, rather than separately.  Following are
>a few quotes from the article.
...
>
>"What we need is to find a way that is good for both mother and child.  In the
>Christian worldview, the highest value extends beyond individual self-interest
>to what is good for the whole of the community.  The responsibility for
>anything we do also extends beyond the individual to the whole of the
>community."
>

Unfortunately, she apparently says nothing about the nature of her 
proposed solution.  

These statements could be an intro to a demand for widespread high-level 
welfare for all pregnant women such that any woman can raise a child in 
the manner to which they would like to become accustomed; or it could be 
an intro to a demand that all women be raised in a more "Christian" manner --
that books be banned, that marriages happen early, and that women subordinate
themselves to those who provide for them. 

Could this noncommittal stance of hers be intentionally ambiguous, such
that it offends neither feminists nor moral majority types, since each can
read into the article what they would like?

Randy, if there is more substantive material in this article, please
quote that, too.

Cheryl