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Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: An old topic: abortion
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Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 15:13:18 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 17 15:13:18 1984
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This answer is from a male so "n" it if you want.  I am married with 3
planned children.

My answers:

1.  No.  Using abortion for birth control is irresponsible and is one of the
situations in which I would agree with the anti-abortion people that abortion
is murder.

2.  No.  Except when the mothers life or health is in danger. The criteria
should be a little more liberal than they were 20 years ago or the penalties
for performing or having an abortion should be less severe.

3.  Yes.  This falls in the category of endangering the mothers mental health.
Rape is a severe enough trauma that the victim does not need a constant
reminder.

4.  No.  Same as #1, although there might be some extreme occurance that
would put the mothers health in danger.

Destroying a human life is a serious act not to be taken lightly.  Not too
many years ago some womens lives where destroyed by being forced to bear and
rear children they didn't want.  To be a just society we must weigh the
injustice of killing a fetus against the injustice to an unwilling mother.
My answers are based on the concept that irresponsible people should bear the
consequences of their irresponsibility and victims should not be further
victimized.

I also beleive a women has the right to decide what to do with her body.  How
is that for inconsistency, I agree with both sides of the issue.  Come to
think of it the issue is issue.
You omitted a category.  What about the cases where the fetus is known to be
abnormal such as Down's Syndrome or other cases that can be detected prior
to birth?  This is most difficult of all to decide.  My answer to this one
is to judge them on an individual basis.