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I agree!
Sherry

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From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nic Marais
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:04 AM
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Subject: Re: Doctor who performed abortions shot to death

Well said Paula!

Nic 57/15

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Paula E. Jayne
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Whether or not you (the collective you) believe abortion is necessary
or
> not,
> the fact remains that it is legal.   If you disagree with it,
appropriate
> responses might include fighting the battle in the courts, helping to
> improve
> adoption services so that those women who carry to term but choose not
to
> mother have viable alternatives, lessening the social stigma and huge
> financial
> costs of being a single parent, helping to increase access (including
> financial
> access) to contraceptives,  improving sexual education in schools so
that
> teens
> have accurate information about their fertility (or, if you don't
think
> adolescents should be having sex before marriage & therefore they
shdn't
> need
> to know about contraceptives, fight for Life Skills education which
teaches
> teens how to reason through big decisions), supporting any way you can
the
> parents that you do know, having civil conversations with people about
why
> you
> don't believe abortion should be legal, volunteering for foster care,
be a
> big
> brother / big sister, fight for a liveable mimimum wage so people can
> afford to
> raise children,  fight for day care reform so parents can count on
safe and
> affordable childcare,  the list goes on & on...
>
> but taking a gun into a holy place and shooting a person in front of
their
> family, friends, and God?
> hopefully we can all agree that this is not the act of a loving person
or
> one
> who truly values life.  & for those who say he was trying to save the
> children,
>  i am quite sure there were children in that church who witnessed the
> murder
> and who will never, ever forget what they experienced that day.
>
> Incidentally, late-term abortions,  often referred to as partial-birth
> abortions, are very rarely performed and it is not an easy decision
for the
> parent(s) to come to.   These are not women who just decided that they
no
> longer wanted a baby.   It is not a whim.   Even if you don't and will
> never
> agree with it, please try to understand that you are speaking of real
women
> and
> men when you make blanket condemnations (and this is true for all of
us,
> whether we're in the right, left, or middle).
>
>
> ******************************************
> Paula Jayne, MA, MPH
> Doctoral Candidate
> Department of Women's Studies
> Emory University
> Atlanta, GA 30322
>
>
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