Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!saquigley From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: An old topic: abortion Message-ID: <6904@watmath.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 22:22:32 EST Article-I.D.: watmath.6904 Posted: Wed Feb 15 22:22:32 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Feb-84 04:35:25 EST Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 28 Ok, folks, I know that this topic is a no-no. I have heard that it's been debated to death. This was before my time. I never got to read any of the debate, and I would be interested in having a discussion on it. I am willing to take this topic off the net if there is too much screaming about it; I would continue the discussion via mail. In the meantime, I would like to reach a certain group of people; this group will be easily identifiable by their responses to the following question; For each category of women listed underneath, which of them should be allowed to have an abortion if they so desire: 1 - Women who get pregnant as a result of not using birth control. 2 - Women who get pregnant as a result of a birth control failure (failure of the mmethod, not of the couple using it) 3 - Women who get pregnant as a result of rape. 4 - Women who get pregnant because they want to have a child, but change their mind once they are pregnant. My aim is to convince people that they should either answer "yes" to all questions or "no" to all of them. Therefore I would like to hear from those who have answered yes to some and no to others. I want to hear some justifications of those answers. I think a lot of people will see what I've got in mind with those questions. For those who don't, I'm not telling yet, because I will probably get a more sincere answer this way. Sophie Quigley watmath!saquigley