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Subject: ABA on Abortion
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 06:36:51 EST
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HEADLINE: ABA on Abortion
Publication Date: Thursday November 19, 1992
BYLINE: 

I first became a member of the American Bar Assn. as a law student
in 1980. In 1990, when the ABA rescinded its abortion rights resolution,
many members resigned from the association. Although I hold strong
beliefs about the constitutional right of privacy as it relates to
abortion, I chose to remain a member of the ABA, both to work from within
on this issue and because I value the membership for many reasons
unrelated to abortion rights.

   Now that the ABA has readopted its abortion rights resolution,
attorneys against the resolution are quitting the ABA (Nov. 4) while many
past members are rejoining in a show of support. As a 12-year member of
the ABA, I count myself among the tens and possible hundreds of thousands
of attorneys throughout the country who are proud to belong to an
organization that refuses to stand by and watch Americans' privacy rights
whittled away.

   LISA S. BERGER

Pasadena


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