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To: KC Burke; aruanan; LibertyGirl77
I remember a book from my youth that has stuck with me: How to Lie with Statistics and my whole life I've watched the left use every tactic they described.

Oh yeah. Every tactic they described. Systematically.

Now then, in the specific context of this discussion, we must consider whom we are addressing: a woman (usually one who is quite young) who is pregnant (usually for the first time) and contemplating an abortion.

If this is her first pregnancy, is there a greater risk of breast cancer in having the abortion, or in bringing the pregnancy to term? Because we can't turn back the clock and make her "un-pregnant."

It is only by extending the discussion out-of-context that any accusation of intellectual dishonesty gains any validity. We are talking only about pregnant women, not all women.

42 posted on 08/30/2002 4:44:30 AM PDT by Bryan
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To: Bryan
Oops, italics OFF.

I wanted to shut them off after the first paragraph. I'll try that again.

43 posted on 08/30/2002 4:46:29 AM PDT by Bryan
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To: Bryan
If this is her first pregnancy, is there a greater risk of breast cancer in having the abortion, or in bringing the pregnancy to term? Because we can't turn back the clock and make her "un-pregnant."

In a relative sense, sure, there is a VERY slightly greater risk of breast cancer in having the abortion AS COMPARED to having the baby. The abortion would keep the status quo/default level of risk she was born with intact. Giving birth would slightly LESSEN that "default" risk level, though probably not enough to even make her reconsider.

One of the biggest problems with the ABC argument is that it appeals to the selfish nature of shortsighted young women. It's not about right or wrong, it's about the girl and some infintesimally small difference in risk to her breast health when she's 50. First off, she doesn't care. She just wants her baby dead. Secondly, even if you manage to scare her off the abortion track and save the baby, you haven't changed her mind about abortion. You've just lied to her and made her fearful.

This is just a desperate scare tactic, and it does a real disservice to our cause. We are in the right, and time and hard work will bear that out. We WILL win--but not by twisting the facts and sullying our trustworthiness.

48 posted on 08/30/2002 7:46:04 AM PDT by LibertyGirl77
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