tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post6568595186425139591..comments2024-03-03T13:55:46.243-08:00Comments on Ambling Along the Aqueduct: Possibly My New Favorite QuoteTimmi Duchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-114269863246607732007-10-21T16:45:00.000-07:002007-10-21T16:45:00.000-07:00Oh, pgeorge pbernard pshaw. There are many Wendy ...Oh, pgeorge pbernard pshaw. There are many Wendy McElroy/Camille Paglia-type women who oppose "identity politics", to say nothing of the critiques coming from PoC such as Appiah, whose work is perhaps more worth taking seriously. I <I>wish</I> the anti-"identity politics" types all looked like Todd Gitlin (it would be particularly interesting if Paglia were to wake up one day with a circumsised penis, a beard, and big lips); but sadly, they don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-46888848362717021142007-10-18T15:40:00.000-07:002007-10-18T15:40:00.000-07:00Good points, Lesley. Thanks for taking the time to...Good points, Lesley. Thanks for taking the time to tell us.Rachel Swirskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00939668760298612130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-75853725308558695442007-10-18T12:22:00.000-07:002007-10-18T12:22:00.000-07:00This is probably a bit tangential, but since I've ...This is probably a bit tangential, but since I've recently compiled a memo for the UK organisation History and Policy giving a historical perspective to current debates around modifying the terms of the 1967 Act, how is that people don't take time to think that it's very very difficult to get accurate figures of numbers of abortions <EM>when abortion is illegal</EM>? Figures collected through standard medical systems of data collation when it is legal are going to look shocking, if it's not realised that illegal abortions tend only to get recorded if the woman dies or becomes ill enough to be taken to hospital - and even then, doctors may be cautious about attributing these miscarriages to intervention rather than nature.The evidence from the UK suggests that only a tiny tip of the iceberg percentage of illegal abortions ever ended up in the legal system. So the apparent rise is due to better recording, not actual prevalence.Lesley Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137128342422073459noreply@blogger.com