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APPENDIX A. TALK.ABORTION: AUGUST 9, 1994 146<br />

honest.<br />

: : : : Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, I refuse to defend myself or any o<strong>the</strong>r pro-lifer I know<br />

: : : : against charges of sexism.<br />

: :<br />

: : : that makes sense. it wouldn’t work anyway.<br />

: :<br />

: : Once again, you conveniently deleted what came next. For those who did<br />

: : not read my previous article, I went on to say that any woman I know (even<br />

: : those who are pro-choice) know that I am not a sexist. Fortunately,<br />

: : my friends are open-minded. Mr. Keegan obviously is not. He seems to<br />

: : have a litmus test to determine a person’s level of mysogyny.<br />

: what level of misogyny do you assign someone who wishes<br />

: to control women?<br />

Throughout this thread, I have never claimed that Mr. Keegan wants to kill<br />

babies. I have tried to remain civil and stick to <strong>the</strong> facts. Mr. Keegan,<br />

on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, simply resorts to name-calling. I *truly* do not believe<br />

that Mr. Keegan wants to kill babies. I would never stoop that low. Some<br />

o<strong>the</strong>rs, like Randall Terry, make <strong>the</strong>se charges. RT makes me ill. He<br />

is <strong>the</strong> worst possible thing that could happen to <strong>the</strong> pro-life movement.<br />

What I don’t understand is why Mr. Keegan insists on using one issue to<br />

determine if a person is sexist. There are many women whose lives are<br />

in no way affected by <strong>the</strong>ir right to an abortion. What about <strong>the</strong>m? Am<br />

I a sexist if I defend <strong>the</strong>ir rights in <strong>the</strong> workplace? Am I a sexist<br />

if I supported <strong>the</strong> Equal Rights Amendment? Am I a sexist if I support<br />

family leave and increased access to child care? Am I a sexist if I<br />

help a friend who is in a battered women’s shelter? Does all of this<br />

indicate wanting to control women? Why do you insist on making everything<br />

black and white. Life is never that simple.<br />

: : Sexism is never that simple.<br />

: i imagine you’ve developed some good excuses for yours.<br />

See above paragraph. I will no longer defend myself against <strong>the</strong>se<br />

ludicrous charges made by people who would ra<strong>the</strong>r demonize <strong>the</strong> opposition<br />

than admit that those who disagree may have good reasons for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

beliefs.<br />

: --<br />

: "A woman’s rights to her body should stop where<br />

: <strong>the</strong> fetus’s body begins."<br />

: Ray Fischer <br />

--<br />

=============================================================================<br />

Robert Huck<br />

rohuck@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu<br />

"That’s 6-4-3 if you’re scoring at home and even if you’re by yourself."<br />

Keith Olbermann<br />

Article 29<br />

Reference 161478<br />

From BGibbins@harris.com<br />

Date Tue, Aug 2, 1994 7:02 PM

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