Letters to the Editor
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The abortion morality question
I support a women’s right to choice, but I also believe abortion is wrong. If allowed to, a fetus can become the most amazing thing in the universe as we know it: a self-aware being capable of perceiving the universe from it's distant edge, understand its origin in the distant past and inspect its structure at the subatomic scale. We have exploded life’s ability to interact with its surroundings by about 20 orders of magnitude greater than any other life form. If this doesn't leave you awestruck I don't know what will. And the beings capable of these wonders virtually grow themselves! It is sad to destroy one of these before their time.
The answer is to reduce unwanted pregnancies to the absolute minimum through sex education, widely available birth control, emergency contraception and adoption. The rub of course is that the same people that are against abortion are against most of these measures that would greatly reduce the incidents of abortion. For that reason I consider the likes of the Catholic Church and other contraception and sex education foes to be responsible for more abortions that all of Planned Parenthood. They must be made to understand that they, and no one else, are the biggest obstacle to reduced abortion numbers.