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From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary Samuelson)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Is Abstinence Abnormal?
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Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 10:52:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 22 10:52:18 1984
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Brian Peterson makes the following comment:

> If you say that abstinence is
> a perfectly good way to be ignorant and "responsible" at the same time,
> let me respond by saying that Mama Nature has cleverly designed people so 
> that abstinence is unthinkable for normal people)

First, abstinence does not imply or require ignorance; you
could be informed, responsible, and abstinent (<-- one of those
words which never looks right, but I looked it up).

Second, I guess you are a creationist who believes in a female deity. :-)

Third, and most important, I contest the statement that "abstinence
is unthinkable for normal people."  No doubt it depends on your
definition of "normal," but I reject the notion that someone who
abstains from sexual intercourse is necessarily not "normal."

Gary Samuelson
ittvax!bunker!garys