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To: Pyro7480
Pelosi was born in 1940 and was 32 years old when Roe vs. Wade was handed down. I really doubt that when she was growing up in the 1940s and 1950s she argued with members of her family in support of abortion on demand, the position now called "pro-choice."
12 posted on 08/26/2008 7:41:54 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
... really doubt that when she was growing up in the 1940s and 1950s she argued with members of her family in support of abortion on demand...

Maybe, maybe not.

Keep in mind that abortion on demand did not begin with Roe. It was legal in some States and in the District of Columbia years before Roe. We certainly did discuss the issue in Catholic High School in the late 1960's. At that very time, as a matter of fact, there was a lot of reference to the 30/90 day fetal question. The claim that the early Church was "flexible" on this issue has been a talking point among confused Catholics for a long time. I was glad to see it brought up by Stretch Pelosi: it should've been smacked down publicly and authoritatively a long time ago.

18 posted on 08/26/2008 11:20:01 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Now where is the bishop of the archdiocese of San Francisco?)
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