From: hen3ry@cactus.org (Henry Velick)
Newsgroups: tx.politics,rice.politics
Subject: Re: Anti-choice vs. Pro-abortion (was Re: Houston Defending Choice Coalition needs you)
Date: 10 Sep 92 06:10:53 GMT
Organization: Only When Necessary

In article <rBhEr*hY0@caleb.UUCP> jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
>In article <1992Sep7.051110.2316@cactus.org>, Henry Velick writes:
>
>
>I shouldn't bother to answer this stupid posting, but...
>
>> I knew I had these around somewhere. It just took me a while to find
>> them. I do hope they're not too late for all the fun...
>> "I don't think Christians should use birth control. You consummate your
>> marriage as often as you like -- and if you have babies, you have babies."
>>                                          Randall Terry
>>                                          Executive Director
>>                                          Operation Rescue
>> 
>> "We are totally opposed to abortion under any circumstances. We are also
>> opposed to abortifacient drugs and chemicals like the Pill and the IUD,
>> and we are also opposed to all forms of birth control with the exception
>> of natural family planning."
>>                                          Judie Brown
>>                                          President
>>                                          American Life League
>> 
>> "Sex education in our schools is promoting incest."
>>                                          Rev. Jimmy Swaggart
>> 
>> "Resist, expose, or stop immediately every public school or group sex
>> education program, no matter what it is called, or how it is diffused
>> into the curriculum."
>>                                          Fr. Paul Marx
>>                                          President
>>                                          Human Life International
>> 
>
>[ cut and moved below...]
>
>> "Meanwhile, let it be clear what we do: we fight contraception,
>> sterilization, abortion on six continents..."
>>                                          Fr. Paul Marx
>>                                          President
>>                                          Human Life International
>
>Ok, so you have 4 quotes against birth control (and a weird one from the fallen
>Rev. Swaggart.)  I suppose that you claim that is what all anti-abortion people
>think?
>
>
>> And now for my favorite...
>> 
>> "For those who say I can't impose my morality on others, I say
>> just watch me."
>>                                          Joseph Scheidler
>>                                          Executive Director
>>                                          Pro-Life Action League
>
>Ah, what you fear the most, morality!
>
>[ moved from above]
>
>> "I don't think we should punish the criminal [a rapist] by killing
>> his child."
>>                                          Dr. John Willke
>>                                          President
>>                                          National Right to Life Committee
>
>Poorly worded, but the sentiment is reasonable.  He should have said something
>like "Why kill the child because of his father's crime?"
>
>> They've spoken pretty clearly, wouldn't you say, Jim?
>
>So what?  As far as I know, the Constitution still allows people to be against
>birth control.  They are definitely in the minority, though.

The quotes posted were from the leaders of various anti-choice
organizations. If you have some statistics to show that their
opinions differ significantly from those of the general mem-
bership of those organizations, I'm sure we'd all love to see
them.

By the way, the difference between morality and forced morality
is large.

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