From: chrisl@stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman)
Newsgroups: talk.abortion
Subject: Re: Survivors of Abortion: The Dreaded Complication
Date: 23 Jul 92 14:58:05 GMT
Organization: City of Saint Paul Public Works

slkg9733@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steven L. Kellmeyer) writes:
> chrisl@stpaul.gov (Chris A Lyman) writes:

[--deletions--]

>> And how about this litany?

>> ``We have produced an unusual dilemma,''

>> ``We've had guys drinking too much,''

>> ``You are doing a destructive process,''

>> ``There  is  a  lot  in  medicine  that  is  unpleasant,''

>> ``You get burned out,''

>> ``It's  disconcerting,''

>> ``That's not medicine,''

>> ``This is happening all over the  place,''

>> ``It is frightening,''

> Pretty typical remarks from medical personel involved in the abortion
> process. 

No, both literally and figuratively.  Literally, because some of the quotes
were by attorneys.  Figuratively, because a far more typical remark would be
"How are you feeling right now," or some sort of reassurance.

> What's your point?

The article is quite biased.  Actually, not only the article, but DOD's
transcript.  I perused the article as written in the Congressional Record;
not only did there seem to be deletions, there also seemed to be an addition.
Imagine that!

> I hereby and formally apologize to Chris and his wife for my attack on 
> what was a special occasion for Chris and his wife.  All I can say in 
> my defense is that I found the juxtaposition of the beautiful event
> of birth with the bloody horror of abortion to be a demeaning travesty.

Bloody horror?  Childbirth can be a bloody horror, you know.  Btw, late-
term abortions are almost always performed to safeguard the life and health
of the mother.  I imagine that it must be a tremendous disappointment to
carry a fetus into the last three months only to lose it.  You consistently
forget the concerns of women.  No wonder others dispise you.

> I reacted emotionally to the staggeringly wretched comparison
> instead of allowing it to pass.  I realize that this explanation in
> no way modifies the brutality of my response - it merely puts me
> on the same level as the man who made the comparison to begin with,
> and that is a level I should not like to descend to again.

Jeez, Mr. Responsibility himself can't express himself responsibly.
Why am I not surprised?

> I will say, in passing, only that I was and am entirely sincere in 
> the sympathies I extend to both his child and his wife.  I am deeply
> sorry for them both.  They have to live with Chris. I have to live
> with the terrible reply I made to this man.  May God have mercy on
> each of us.

Spare me the crocodile tears; you'll need them for your next "Rescue."

My wife (who suffered greatly during her pregnancy) understands the
implications of what I said.  My daughter (who is more interested in
the doings of Claire and Ariel) is a younger version of her mom.
Don't take the fact that she's more like mom than me as a reassurance,
Mr. Kellmeyer.  They'd both likely knock your block off if they knew
what you stood for.

God's mercy will undoubtedly be a great source of exasperation for
people like you.

-- 
Chris Lyman -  a personal        /   "I belong to no organized
opinion for every occasion       /   political party.  I am a
email: chrisl@pwcs.stpaul.gov    /   Democrat." -- Will Rogers
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