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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have met many, many pro-choice
advocates. I have yet to meet a pro-abortionist.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Walter Smith<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 19, 2007
8:38 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Corrections</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>After further reading, I found that some of what I posted was
incorrect.<br>
<br>
"Partial birth abortions" are nearly always performed during the
second trimester, not limited to the 21st - 24th weeks.<br>
<br>
Also, I was off a bit as to what the law actually says: <br>
<br>
"An abortion in which the person performing the
abortion, deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus
until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside
the body of the mother, or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the
fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother, for the purpose
of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially
delivered living fetus; and performs the overt act, other than completion of
delivery, that kills the partially delivered living fetus. (18 <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Code
1531)"<br>
<br>
Which is, in my opinion, an even more useless and less restrictive definition
than what I gave earlier. You can induce extremely premature labor, deliver the
fetus, and let it die on it's own moments later; or you can kill it on it's way
out, so long as the navel and head remain inside the mother; but nothing in
between, though, even if it would be medically advantageous for the
"mother". Utterly pointless. <br>
<br>
Rather than spending all this effort dictating surgical minutia to doctors, why
not try something that will actually reduce the number of abortions overall.
Work on the problems that give rise to such situations, don't just hover over
the doctor's shoulder. We could have actual sexual education programs, easy
access to preventative measures, better WIC programs, de-stigmatization of
birth control, and other programs to reduce the reasons for abortions. Is it
ideal? No. Is it practical and effective? Yes (look at northern <st1:place
w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>). <br>
<br>
Still angry,<br>
Anon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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