Writer wrong to lay blame on pro-lifers
This is in response to Jeffery Biss' Sept. 25 letter, "Planning can put an end to abortion."
Let me get this straight. According to Biss, the pro-life side helps ensure abortions because they fight access to contraceptives. Therefore, pro-lifers are to blame for abortions? And all this time, I thought abortions were a consequence of unprotected, random, irresponsible sex. Silly me!
How's this for choice? Your first choice is whether to have sex or not. If you choose to have sex, your second choice is to have protected or unprotected sex. Pro-life does not automatically translate as anti-contraceptive.
If choice No. 2 doesn't work out and a pregnancy occurs, move on to choice No. 3. That would be to step up and take responsibility for your actions or give the child up for adoption. I don't see abortion as an option, and as long as there are people like Biss, who sees pregnancy as something that just happens due to lack of education or resources, the sexual irresponsibility will continue.
He stated, "Help ensure that every baby is wanted." That was the rallying cry for legalization of abortion before 1973. Tell me, now that the "unwanted" are aborted, are we in a better place? I think not.
Today, children are more abused, neglected, exploited and killed than ever before. Could it be that some people see them as disposable or just a small bundle of insignificant cells that grew and escaped the vacuum? Abortion is a total disrespect for human life and especially for innocent babies.
Biss can spin the abortion debate any way he wishes, but how dare he imply that I, as a pro-lifer, am responsible for this abomination?
D. Burke
Carpentersville