Re: abortion

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 05:35:21 -0500
From: Alan Chartock <http://www.wamc.org/~alan>

Hi Robert: Thanks for the letter. I shall, of course, share it with the
Governor. While I agree with what you say, I would point out that Mario
Cuomo is a wonderful, generous, and brilliant man who does not always
adhere to the conventional wisdom. While he is a fierce Democrat, I
actually believe that what he meant to do in that particular exchange is
to abate the controversy and fear and assure people that their lives
would not be changed when it came to abortion. Of course, I can't speak
for him, but that's my bet. Maybe you'll hear parts of your letter on
our show. Again, thanks for writing. We appreciate it. Alan (Me.)

robert wrote:
> 
> I couldn't agree with Alan Chartock more.  If a republican were elected,
> and there were still a republican congress and there were still all the
> republican governors across the country, a constitution amendment banning
> abortion would pass easily.  And there is still the danger that Mr. Chartock
> correctly mentions of the slow chipping away of access to abortion by
> various classes of women, which would be equivalent to completely
> eliminating a women's right to choose.
> 
> Mario Coumo's opinion that the party of the elected president would not
> affect a women's access to abortion is quite wrong.  A republican or
> reform party president would be in an excellent position to sharply curtail
> a women's access to abortion, if not eliminate it outright (as specified
> above).  There is nothing more important to the right wing of both the
> republican and reform parties than the elimination of legal abortion.
> Mr. Coumo could lull us into believing that abortion is not a relevant
> issue at all; it should instead be the single more important issue for
> the presidential election.

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