The young take baton on abortion

oregon live ^ | 4/25/04 | Ellen Goodman

[FreepinforTerri]

That figure was created by former abortionist Dr. Bernard Nathanson when he founded NARAL, the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws. Since his conversion to the pro-life movement, he admitted that this statistics was totally invented by those attempted to pass ROE.

[qam1]

I don't like being labeled a Gen-Xer, but... add me to your list anyway?? thanks!

Sure you are added, Welcome to the pIng list

Though there are worse things than being labeled a Gen-Xer, Like Baby boomer for instance :-)

[bc2]

The Rev. Horton Heat
"Generation Why"

Beatnik slacker hippie or a freak,
Ain't it all the same thing all of us seek
What our parents do, way back when?
Makes me hear the same thing again and again.


Generation Why,
Generation Why.


Baby boom or "X",
I don't know what I am,
All i need to know is when it's time to slam,
Threw a little party cause it just felt right,
It lasted ten years and it's goin' on tonight.


Generation Why (Yeah!),
Generation Why.
It's the same way,
It's the same way,
It's the same way,
It's the same way they treated you in your day!


Generation "A" or Generation "Z",
Who the hell are you to put a label on me?
This label of the week is getting kinda lame,
The more things change the more they stay the same.


Generation Why (Yeah!),
Generation Why.
It's the same way,
It's the same way,
It's the same way,
It's the same way they treated you in your day!

Generation Why (x4)

[momfirst]

His theory is that since leftists are more likely to get abortions than conservatives the younger generation that is being born now is more likely to be raised in a conservative household with conservative values.

Now that makes sense!

[Lurking Libertarian]

Was birth control ever illegal? Haven't condoms been around in one form or another for centuries? Haven't diaphragms been widely available since the 1920's?

In some states (Connecticut was one), birth control was technically illegal (though the laws were not enforced very often) until the mid-1960s when the Supreme Court held the laws unconstitutional.

[FeliciaCat]

Now, forgive me for being uninformed of the pre "roe vs wade" days (I was born in 1970) but I thought that you COULD get an abortion if 1. you had a doctor willing to do it or 2. a medical reason from your doctor..is this not true?

[goodnesswins]

No....abortions were illegal in WA State until around 1970, I believe. You could get an abortion from someone in a state where they were legal....I THINK...but I could be wrong....OR you could have one done illegally....i.e...back alley abortion.

[TASMANIANRED]

The other dirtly little secret about abortion is that women are still dying.

I have taken care of women with post operative sepsis, perforated uteri and other complications.

The back alley abortionist with a coat hanger has been transformed to the minimally trained tech, ultra sound technician or med school resident that has already put in 100 hours work that week .

Most abortion clinics can't meet the hygine standards required by most tatoo parlors.

Death certificates are notoriously non specific.
They list sepsis , or hemmorhage as cause of death, not post abortion acquired sepsis or hemmorhage due to perforation of an abortion.