Letters in the August 6 issue of City reflect attitudes or beliefs about birth control and abortion that are not held by the many who recognize the importance of safe and legal abortion for unintended or unwanted pregnancies. These attacks on reproductive rights deny the reality of our times.
This is a society that makes sex and sexuality the sales pitch for countless products, TV shows, movies, magazine articles, etc. The Bush Administration's abstinence policy has created an atmosphere where access to birth-control information is whispered and sexuality education is denied to young people who need to understand the workings of their bodies to make appropriate decisions.
Abortion is a dirty word in our society - labeled a "crime" by the letter writers. But to deny a woman the right to choose when or whether to have a child that she feels unprepared or unable to love and provide for is a far greater crime. We need to increase the dissemination of reproductive health information so that women will not be faced with this difficult choice.
HENRIETTA LEVINE, ROCHESTER
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Louis Richards said on Aug. 22, 2008 at 5:54pm
Thank you for addressing this issue. The most recent letters have been from: David F., Eugene H., Antonio L. and William P, all of whom are males and will neither have an abortion nor wrestle with the many diverse moral issues of "Choice". As a male, I do not believe that males should have any voice in this matter whatsoever. It is a Personal Matter, which only a woman can resolve for herself. And, since God has given us each "Free Will", who is any man to deny what God has already given? Certainly, the consequences of such a decision will between a woman & God. Gentlemen, please retire from this conversation. God will have the final last word on the subject, not you or I. After all, our 'opinions' are totally irrelevant in this matter. A more proper focus of male attention would be to place emphasis upon supporting, raising and educating all those children from whom a 'father' has absented himself physically, emotionally or financially. If males wish to help 'heal' someone, let us first 'heal' ourselves. Matthew 7:3 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
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