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- LETTERS, Page 12ABORTION
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- Back in 1973, in Roe v. Wade, someone made a legal argument
- that allowed the Supreme Court to overstep its bounds and enter
- the legislative arena (NATION, May 1). The simple fact is that
- abortion has nothing to do with the Constitution and therefore
- should not have been brought before the Supreme Court. Roe v.
- Wade should be overturned, and the issue should be taken up by
- state legislatures.
-
- Jeff Stout Grand Rapids
-
- The pro-life notion that all pro-choice advocates encourage
- abortion as the solution to an unwanted pregnancy is moronic.
- Pro-choice means supporting an individual's right to choose,
- which does not necessarily mean being proabortion. Perhaps the
- final result of this Dark Ages crusade will be total government
- control, telling us how many children to have, what to feed them
- and how to discipline them.
-
- Jennifer M. Centola Rochester
-
- It doesn't matter if some women can find a way to get
- abortions. And it doesn't matter if people will perform them
- illegally. We should have a law against abortion because it is
- wrong.
-
- Patrick Grant New York City
-
- During all this controversy, has anyone stopped to think
- that maybe an abortion is something no woman really wants? It
- is a very personal matter, and the decision to use this solution
- should be left up to the individual. No one ought to be allowed
- to make my choice for me.
-
- Lisa Sampel Redwood City, Calif.
-
- I could easily give birth to, provide for and love a baby
- conceived as a result of contraceptive failure. Yet I would
- never want to impose my antiabortion views on women who are not
- in my position. I support the pro-choice movement.
-
- Laura Mandell Ithaca, N.Y.
-
- You inquire, "Will the court turn back the clock?" But I
- think that is a peculiar notion of time. Babies are the future,
- not the past.
-
- David F. Hils University Heights, Ohio
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- We must ask ourselves what it is like to be young, poor,
- alone and pregnant.
-
- Natalie Ruyak Bethlehem, Pa.
-