Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 1714 Editor's Choice: 20
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My views
[Read the article: Test-tube nation]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am pro-choice and in favor of legal abortion. I support all reporductive choices. I do wonder however why there are so many unfertaile couples and why they do not attmept to adopt. In the past, wihtout this technolgy most people took thier chances and chose to adopt. Don't be fooled that abortion reduces the numbers of adoptees. There are plenty of children to adopt.
I am also a firm believer that we should be looking at population reduction as a moral issue in regard to the enviromnet and global warming. Why don't these pople take the moral high ground and not have children. Maybe nature is telling us something... we need to reduce the number of children born. However just because I support legal aboritn does not mean I advocate population reduction through abortion. Incentives for not geting pregnant , and not having children should be put on the table. Not eveyone needs to reproduce themselves, and these In Vetro methods often lead to multiple births with defects.
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IA qustions saved me.
[Read the article: You, too, can be a campaign reporter: Take the test!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well I don't live in Iowa now, but guessed "Kum and Go", only because I know how to speak "Sioux Cidish". I only scored 14 1/2 and the Iowa questions saved me. I guess and I thought I was a well informed political junkie. Guess I am not.
Obama is my candidate of the Day. He is thoughtful and does not make Big promises. He has faith but does not want to impose it on us.
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Anonymous wrong again.
[Read the article: Test-tube nation]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anonymous' comments sort of prove the concept of "racism" in population control dicussions. It is true in 50-60s Catholics had a lot more hicldren than the average population, but tyoday, that is not true. Catholics birth rates are no hiher than than the average. Italy the, seat of the Church has the loowest birth rate in the world. The comments about Mexicans in the U.S is just is wrong and is just another myth spred by the anti immgration ranters.
People having the most children now are the fundelmentalist christians, and weathly whites.
Of 5 couples I know who had in vetro, fertilization, 3 had twins, 2 got pregnant on thier own afterward, one of them was a couple with twins, and all 5 had an invetro child with a learning disability.
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Unplanned pregnancy---Anonymous
[Read the article: Test-tube nation]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]--Anonymous,
Your story is exacly why abortion should remain safe,legal, and accessable. Many women sufferd infertility problems later in life
becasue of ILLEGAL abortion.
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IVF, embryonic research & abortion
[Read the article: Test-tube nation]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]IVF and embryoinc research really have no conncetion to abortion becasue the embryo has to be implanted in the womb and develop into a Fetus in order to be aborted. In fact an embroyo is not a human being and has no chance in H--- of ever becoming a human being until it is planted in a woman's womb and survives to birth.I want to scream every time I hear Romney mention stem cell research (which he mistakenly calls cloning) in the same sentence wth Roe V Wade, as one has nothing to do with the other.
I think if people are going to go through the cost and process of IVF, they should give their unused embryos,after a sucessful pregnancy to for stell cell research. After all it would be for a good and moral casue- research to understand and cure diseases.
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Doubt about polls
[Read the article: Are the answers in the polls?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Its too early for polls. Teh majonrity of voters ae not paying any attention right now. they jsut anouced a new poll results in in CA showing Clinton a claer fornt runner wiht a moe than 25% lead over of Obama and that all 3 leading Democratss Clinton, Obama, Edwards could beat any republican. Of cours ethi sis CA. I always wonder who they poll as I have never been polled, of course most people I know are on the "no-call".
As far as history. Most People in U.S. know very little aobut thier own history, so why would they be up on other countries?
I amin a areading gorup of popel who consider themslves well educated, yet the know nothing about history. A fe wyears ago, we ahd a raltive coe to live wiht us. she wa sinhig school, and I was amzed tht her AP U.S history class did not cover or touch on the womene's movement or the gay rights movement in 70s in the U.S. They are still teaching teh same old stuff have mad ei politically correct, but not indepth and have even dumbed it down.
One thing most people do not know that is Iranians are Persions and NOT Arabs. In fact not all Arabs ae Islamist and not all Islmist are Arabs. It seems ignorance and racism cannot be erased.
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To many, wanting too much, too soon
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Greed and strecthing beyond ones means to get what they should saving for is one of the roots of this problem. Too many people are trying to live the life style of the rich and famous and they do not have the funds to live in that style.
It used to be people saved 20% for a down payment and did not buy house that would strecth them over one person's monthly income. Too many people are allowed to have too much have credit, too ealry in life. The U.S. has a very large personal debt and few personal savings. In addtion we ahve a large our national debt due to too much spnding and cutting taxes. Teh U.S. is now very dependent on foreigbn trse and incme to keep us afloat. It is time to stop consuming. It will be better for us all individually and as a nation. Besides it will help the environment. Unfortunately where I live you have to pay millions to get a tear down.