From: bath@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Kenneth Bath)
Subject: Re: Abortion
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:42:12 GMT
Reply-To: bath@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Kenneth Bath)
Organization: Harris GISD




> Hollie Svetich writes:

> Hello!  I am responding to your question about if I would have an
> abortion today.  If I found out that I was pregnaunt, it would
> depend on the curcumstances that I got pregnaunt.  If I was raped
> or if my life or the fetus's life was in danger then yes I would
> have an abortion.  

Nothing endangers a fetus's life more than an abortion.  Do you not
realize the contradiction in your own words?  If you believe that a 
fetus has a life, how can you possibly support abortion, which is
the termination of that life?  Isn't termination of life called
killing?

> But if it was my choice to have sex, then I
> would carry the baby to full term.  I feel that I have enough
> support from my family and friends that they would help me. I
> know that it would be difficult to continue on with my education
> while caring for the child, but I would find some way to do it.
> I support abortion because I know of several young women who have
> had children and the children are often negleted and abused.  

Because a child may be neglected or abused, does this mean that 
someone should take away its life while it is still in the womb?  Why 
don't we wait until the child is five or six and see if its being abused?
If so, the child can be killed then, at the option of the mother, of
course.  (Sarcasm intended)  This makes no sense.  This argument 
punishes the child for the crime of the parent.

> I do
> not believe that women should use abortion as a form of birth
> control.  Birth control should be offered to young women more.  

What is abortion, if it isn't birth control?

> It
> upsets me to think that other people can tell what I can and cannot
> do with my body, it is the individual women's right to choose.

I'm not telling you what you can and cannot do with your body.  I'm
telling you what you can and cannot do with someone else's body.
Furthermore, I'd like people to accept responsibility for the choice
they do make.  Finally, in a civilized sociey, we tell people what
to do all the time.  That's called law.

> What is your opinion on abortion? 

I believe that abortion strikes at the very heart of what this
country stands for.  I believe that Roe v. Wade is in violation
of Article 4 and Amendments 5, 10, and 14 (section 1) of the 
Constitution.  I also believe that Roe v. Wade is in direct conflict 
of the principles expressed in the first and second paragraphs of 
the Declaration of Independence.  

I believe that the Supreme Court grossly overstepped its bounds in
establishing abortion in this country.  Since then, the American
people have been subjected to a systematic campaign to convince
us that there is a right to an abortion.  As with any campaign,
we should look to see who benefits.  Pro-abortion forces stand to
lose a great deal of income (money) if abortion were again outlawed
in this country.  Even if it were to remain legal, they would lose
if people were educated about what is going on during an abortion.
Go get a picture of a fetus.  Does it look like a tumor or a lump
of flesh?  No.  It looks like a baby.  Is it human?  It certainly
has the right number of chromosomes.  Is it a part of the mother?
Those chromosomes are distinct from the mother's; otherwise, DNA
fingerprinting would not work.  Is it just a potential human?  
I've never seen one become an elephant.  (Sarcasm intended)  And 
so you see, there is a great deal at stake ($$$) for pro-abortion 
forces and a great advantage to them if they can keep it legal and 
keep up the falsehoods.

Think it through on your own.  Read you Constitution.  Don't be 
taken in by slogans and rash claims to rights.  See what you come 
up with.

Ken Bath