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To: TLBSHOW
Maybe. I think he's a mere opportunist whose only goal is to become president. Not the kind of guy you'd want as SML.
213 posted on 12/20/2002 12:54:01 AM PST by The Old Hoosier
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To: The Old Hoosier
I'm late to this thread. Can you save me a little time and point me toward the posts where it is established that HCA hospitals provide elective abortions on demand?

Because all I see in the article is this very carefully-crafted sentence:

HCA reportedly provides abortions to its customers.

"Customers", as if it were a retail establishment. Not "patients". Gets the reader thinking about "profit" immediately, doesn't it? Which could lead one to assume they've got an abortion clinic right there on the premises, with walk-in service.

It could be just as accurate to say "HCA reportedly performs abortions on its patients", so I question the choice of the word "customer".

And "reportedly"? Doesn't the author KNOW? That sounds a lot like a CYA adjective in case he's WRONG.

And this objective little phrase in the title: "Reputed For-Profit Abortion Provider". Does the author have something against a for-profit operation as well?

That's why I'm tempted to think of this as a hit piece. It tries right out of the gate to imply that Frist is profiting from abortions, when it seems clear that he is profiting from hospitals, and most hospitals will perform abortions that are medically necessary.

So before I trash Frist, I have to know that his family's hospitals provide abortion-on-demand, and this article just doesn't give me that.

230 posted on 12/20/2002 3:52:01 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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