andrews@uiucdcsb.UUCP (01/29/85)
> /* Written 12:47 pm Jan 25, 1985 by becky@cylixd in uiucdcsb:net.abortion */ > /* ---------- "20/20 Abortion segment" ---------- */ > Did anyone see the 20/20 news cast on abortionists vs. anti-abortionists? > I become very confused about the whole issue of abortion. I am a Christian > and on one hand I do not agree with abortion and see anti-abortion as a > means of controlling sexual activity among teenagers. But on the other hand > what do you do about rape,life threatening, incest issues that could be a > reasonable reason to terminate a pregnancy? What did people do before > abortion clinics? They used harmful and sometimes fatal methods of aborting > pregnancies. Jerry Fawell (sp) now has compromised and said that since it > was unrealistic to say any and all pregnancies must not be aborted, he said > that in cases of (rape,incest,life threatening) that abortion would be > allowed. Another speaker interviewed (forgot name) said that Jerry's deci- > sion was too complicated for the Government and the public to handle. So > where does this never ending issue lead? It is just like the argument on > nuclear war, and nuclear energy plants, incessant arguments. > > ....... > > I have no conclusions, I ride the fence on this issue, the only thing I > can do is pray for those individuals involved in a pregnancy they do not > want. Maybe birth control pills is the only real solution to non-Catholic > individuals or others who believe in sexual freedom but birth control. > Maybe a survey of the age and status or the individuals that have abortions > is needed. One can determine in what areas of the country that abortions > occur the most, what age group that abortion occurs in the most, and what > marital status of the individual is. Then a greater emphasis of birth > control advise could be beefed up in all the planned parenthood offices > around the country. I will stop for now. I know a lot of you will probably > disagree with me but I cannot say yes or no because I see too much on both > sides of the abortion issue. > /* End of text from uiucdcsb:net.abortion */ By this argument, one could have also said that it was useless to argue against slavery and the later oppression of blacks. But then, especially for you, being a Christian, if there is a human life at stake, you have no right to sit back and just say, oh well, it is wrong but that is the way things will be. Note, I am not applying this to everyone, just those who say they are Christian. If you will truly live up to what you claim, you must stand up for the innocent children that are being killed left and right. Also, cases of abortions in life threatening cases were allowed prior to the Roe vs Wade decision. The majority of abortions done now are "convenience" abortions, or "a baby would just cramp my(or someone's) style". This is not an acceptable justification for the slaughter of thousands of human beings. Brad
meyer@waltz.UUCP (01/29/85)
I want to commend you on being able to take a serious look at BOTH sides
of the issue. I wish many of the other contributors and readers of this
net group could relax their hostilities and talk about this issue
in a rational manner as you have. I agree that if the cases for and
against are communicated in this manner, that both sides have a
better chance to understand/accept/compromise each others views and maybe
some progress will get made, one way or the other. There certainly are
no easy answers to this discussion. I look forward to
reading more contributions written in this manner.
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