Re: Any anti-abortion atheists?

Roger Coppock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I do not know which well known people support these positions,
> but I have heard some non-religious arguments against abortion.
> The arguments say that, 'As a matter of public health policy,
> abortion is not to be encouraged over other means of population
> control because:
> 
> --- abortion is the most expensive form of birth control,
> 
> --- abortion is an evasive procedure, which risks undesirable
>     aftereffects while other techniques have much smaller risks,
> 
> --- abortion is an after-the-fact birth control, not one that
>     encourages long range advance family planning.'
> 

I agree with these. However, this doesn't answer the question of
whether abortions should be an option, albeit a dispreferred one. I
believe they should.

> Steve Dufour wrote:
> > 
> > I've been wondering about this for the last few days.  Are there any
> > well known people around who are both atheists and are against
> > abortion?  Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> 
>        "One who joyfully guards his mind
>        And fears his own confusion
>        Can not fall.
>        He has found his way to peace."
> 
>        -- Buddha, in the "Pali Dhammapada,"
>           ~5th century BCE
> 
> 
> -.-. --.-  Roger Coppock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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