From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
Subject: Re: Let me state my view
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:14:13 GMT
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In <C1877K.203@news.cso.uiuc.edu> vengeanc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu () writes:
>hsims@vax.clarku.edu writes:
>
>>In a previous article, jjprice@eos.ncsu.edu (JEFFREY JAMES PRICE) wrote:
>>>In article <1993Jan11.221648.25779@Princeton.EDU>, datepper@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Aaron Tepper) writes:
>>>|>In article <1993Jan11.201750.18369@ncsu.edu>, jjprice@eos.ncsu.edu
>>>|>(JEFFREY JAMES PRICE) writes:
>
>>>|>>I am against the death penalty like a said but where did that go? More
>>>|>>convienent editing? 20 years in prison would do the job.
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>|>
>>>|>At least you're consistent about your oppostion to death (although
>>>|>I still have to give you the fruitarian test :-) ). But don't you
>>>|>think prisons are crowded enough already? How will we fit millions
>>>|>of doctors and women into those things? There's got to be a better
>>>|>way.
>>>|>
>>>Build more jails. Not only will new construction stir the economy there
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>ought to be many new job openeings from the jobs that become available
>>>when the women who go to jail have to give up there's.
>
>>I doubt that outlawing abortions will help the economy.  You'd have to do
>>more than just build jails and remove a few women from their jobs.  The
>>taxpayers would have to pay to maintain these people in prison (food, heat,
>>etc).  We'd have to pay to provide care for the born children while their
>>parents are in jail.  We'd have to pay the police and court costs to
>>investigate and prosecute every woman whose pregnancy does not result in a
>>healthy newborn (after all, how do you know if she really just had a
>>miscarriage?  Maybe she did something to make that happen.  Throw her in jail!)
>
>>And of course, we'd have to find a way to pay for all the needs of the
>>unwanted children that women are forced to give birth to.  And the costs
>>associated with the women's pregnancies.
>
>>I'm sure you'll be willing to pay higher taxes so all these kids can go to
>>school and get a decent education, right?
>
>>Businesses will lose out too.  They've spent money training women for jobs,
>>and now some of these women will be out on maternity leave or in jail.
>
>>Sure, Jeff, let's just build a few more prisons and lock these women up.
>>It will do wonders for our economy.
>
>
>>				.... Heather.
>
>
>Ms. Sims,
>
>Pro-life groups do NOT support the blanket prosecution of every woman
>who has an abortion.  Stop perpetuating this lie.

Mr. Simmonds,
   I've taken the liberty of underlining where jjprice suggested
"20 years in prison" and "Build more jails".  Perhaps you could return
the favor by pointing out where in Ms. Sims' reply she suggested that
his suggestion, which she was addressing, is representative of the
position of any "pro-life" groups?
--
Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
Newsgroups: talk.abortion