Abortion is strictly a personal matter

Barbara Muehlhausen's letter of Oct. 7 was very pleasant to read.

Once in a while one reads a letter based on serious thought and logic, instead of anger and nastiness.

Abortion, another word, also used in the medical community for miscarriage, has become a dirty word. Women who seek it for whatever personal reasons are not given the respect and privacy they seek. This is wrong.

Religion enters this argument. Unfortunately, one group of people is trying to force another group into submission. The more you push, the more you push away. Standing around, marching around clinics that do this procedure does not deter women from abortion. You may scare them, and sometimes you win, but in the long run it doesn't work well.

To put it bluntly, there will always be abortions, as there has since time immemorial. Women through history have devised different birth-control methods and when it didn't work, there was abortion.

Pro-lifers can block clinics and hold their signs. And they will. I'm of the mind that you are wasting your time. Go to church, pray for your lost souls, and then tend to your own lives.

If you believe, God will judge us all one day.

He will decide!

Bonnie Gustafson

Des Plaines