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To: Neocon who wrote (42639)	6/29/1999 1:20:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Using statistics from 25 years ago to prove what would happen if Roe were overturned tomorrow is just as speculative as the other sorts of evidence used in these matters. We already concluded that these statistics would not prove anything. What counts is the development of a credible argument; the statistics merely support this effort. In this case the main contentions of the argument are as follows: If legal abortion were made more difficult or impossible to acquire, a large number of the women who seek abortion would resort to illegal abortion. Illegal medical procedures are usually conducted in haste and with few of the safeguards and precautions that exist with legal medical procedures. The poorer the woman seeking the abortion, the worse the conditions are likely to be. Medical procedures conducted under these conditions will have a higher rate of serious and occasionally fatal complications. Since the original procedure was illegal, women will delay seeking treatment for complications, rendering them more severe. Therefore, it may be assumed that greater restrictions on legal abortion will cause an increase in deaths and serious complications resulting from illegal abortions. Do you feel that this argument is not credible? If so, why?