On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> For your enjoyment, I thought that I would submit what the women who
> brought abortion to the United State have to say about abortion
> these days. If you ask me, no matter what side of the issue you are
> on, you have to feel deep inside that this is one of life's greatest
> ironies.
I don't.
People change their minds. Roe v. Wade is famous not because "Roe"
was a famous, outspoken advocate of abortion rights, but because it
was the case that happened to be in the right place at the right time
to be heard by the right Supreme Court to make a crucial decision.
This feels a bit like that famous line from creationists about
"Charles Darwin recanted on his deathbed"; even if it were true (and
although that's been clearly debunked, I have no reason not to believe
your accounts) it doesn't matter; it's not as though abortion rights
advocates believe as we do because someone once told us to, and that
person changing her mind would make us all change as well like good
little sheep.
I *also* have to wonder what possible reason you could have for
bringing this up, other than trying to incite an abortion debate.
This behavior doesn't surprise me from you, in fact it's par for the
course as far as I'm concerned, but it's close enough to the election
that I don't feel like dealing with it right now, and I wouldn't want
to get into an abortion debate even if there _wasn't_ an election
looming.
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Andrea Leistra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If we could put a man on the moon, why can't we do it again?
