Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 1987 Editor's Choice: 22
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Debate goes on uninofrmed
[Read the article: Beyond the Multiplex]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have not seen the movie, so I canot say how balanced it really is. I do owever remember ORs "Cities of Refuge" campaign and the pro-life violence in the 90s. I rember fridn being taned to portect clinics in a reasonable peaceful manner. I remember how doctros were killed and nurses maimed in clinic bombigs because nutty people got fired up from listening to the rhetoric from the pulpits that abortions was murder and providers were murderers. I remembr how in the 90s the Catholic Voice published those OR protest at clinics they so eagerly supported. Then after the killing the denials from pro-life organzations and the plupit that they did ot condone violence, yet OR got most ther funding from the Right to Life ORG. Now OR gets funding from the CEO of CURVES.
It is Anitis who claim that pro-choice supporters say the fetus is only a blob. No pro-chocie group has ever claimed this.
Abortion has NEVER been "unrestricted" under Roe v Wade. This is anit PR bull. Under Roe trimester system 1-12 weeks no restrictionsn on aboritns(womens rigths superceed fetus). Majority of aboriotn performed in frist 8 weeks. 13-22 weeks state can restrict abortion it if does not put an "undue burden" on the woman.(woman's rights fetus right equal).
22-36 weeks abortions could ony be perforemd for Life and Health resaons.(fetus rights superceed woman's). The SC ruled last year however that a woman's health no longer counts for late term abortions. So maybe the film maker can go back film a woman,forced to give birth to a severly deformed fetus, and then watch the fetus die a slow death over a few days, and watch the woman suffer severe health consequences.
Why won't pro-lifers, join pro-choice organizatns is their effort to reduce and prevent abortions by supporting access to contracption and family planning? Why do pro-lifers try to stop comprehensive sex education and instead support medically inaccrute "Abstenience Only" edcution? Why is it those opposed to abortion feel the need to control the chocies of women? Why is it that por-life polticians in congress consistently vote aganist programs to help women,children, and families? Can someone answer these quesitons?
As far as the Catholic Church. I used to be a Catholic. The church has never been consistent. Yes the church oppose both the death penalty adn abortion, but on the other hand they also oppose contracepton and sex education. And Catholic lay do not agree consistently on any of thses issues either. The Catholic church did not even consider abortion after quickening (first tremester)a mortal(serious) sin in until after 1900. In fact they never even called it murder until the last decade and only as a PR stunt.
Yes it would be nice to work together to reduce abortions.
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Church and the death Penalty
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Speaking of Pro-life.
It will be very interesting to see how the Surpreme court ruling comes in on the upcoming death peanalty case invovling lethal injection.
How will the recentlty apppointed conservative pro-ife Catholic judges, who oppose reproductive rights, rule vs. the centrists and liberal judges who support reproductive rights?
The ture measure of who is really pro-life wil be shown in is ruling.
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Majority opoosing are men
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I diagree wht the person sang the the majority opposing abortion are women. This is who opose abortion.
- the all male Catolic Bishops and leadership
- the moslty white male, 'Opertion Rescue'
- the male led 'Foucs on The Famaily'
- the male led "Maotal majority"
- the male led 'Chrsitain Coaltion'
- the male led Prelates of the Pre-born"
The Natinal Right to Life was organzied orginally by the male led Catholic church.
Here are the few female led, but male funded Org.
- 'Concerend Women of America' ( not too concerned about womens rights), and the CWA organizaton "Feminist for Life" (rather oxymoron). Both organizatns started by Beverly Lehaye, wife of Tim LeHaye, one of the orginal founders fo the 'Moral Majority' with Jerry Falwell. Tim LeHaye now funds the anti abortion movement and other right wing cause with the mnillions he has made from his ictinal "Left Behind" book sales. These books are based on series he promted as TRUTH on CBN befroe the millinium.
- Male CEO, of "Curves" suports OR and Care Centers (anti aborition clinics).
- Male led "Purity Balls", funded by FOF. Where daughters pledge ther virginty to their 'pocessive' dads at dance balls until dad gives her away to be "pocessed" by a new man... her husband. Basically the daughter is marrying the father. Very perverse. They also rant aganist abortion."
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Hey captcrisis
[Read the article: Beyond the Multiplex]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So you ask will pro-chociers except any restrictions. Well they have accepted the restrictions under the original Rove v Wade ruling since 1973. We don't need any more restrictions.
- Under Roe-no restrictions first 12 weeks of pregnancy
- uner Roe, after 13 weeks state can regulate abortion if it puts no "undue burden" on the women womn. Parental consent laws and waiting periods laws have actually caused more women to get abortions in the second trimester instead of the first. I do not support parental consent laws that do not have a judical bypass. There is no mdecal proffesional organzaton that supports parental consent laws.
-Under Roe all abortons were banned aftr 22 weeks except to preserve the Life or health of the woman. Abortions have always been VERY rare late term.
I disagree with the new ruling that disregards womens' health late in pregnancy because in very rare instances some women develop severe health cosequnces late pregancy that can endanger he reproductive health. The life and health of a wmoan should always be more higly regarded.
Frankly it is NO ONES business. This is a privacy issue.