Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
This letter is in response to "Pro-life a sad misnomer" by Marcus Goff and "Preachers, protesters only upset the willing" by Lindsey Davidson.
While I love to see people discussing abortion and the issues that surround it, the arguments in these two articles are poorly thought out.
For one, the Students For Life displays on campus last week were not created simply for "shock factor," but were instead meant to raise awareness and start dialogue.
One of our main goals was to collect signatures in support of a free day care for students' children. This is a need which was discussed in last week's edition of The Plainsman.
Abortion is one of the most common procedures done on women and approximately 3,315 abortions are preformed every day, impacting women, men, families, friends and the "fetus." In short, abortion affects everyone.
Ignoring this point is ignoring reality.
Ms. Davidson's comparison of Students For Life with Brother Micah makes no sense.
Students For Life has absolutely no affiliation with Brother Micah, and I doubt any organization on campus would claim that. Ms. Davidson's article suggested the displays had no class, when in actuality, the displays showed the dignity for the unborn which we, the Students For Life, and most Americans recognize.
If the fetus really is an unborn baby, then abortion would be murder and having crosses representing gravesites would make sense, since all these babies have died.
To say that something is right because its legal is a weak argument.
Remember that slavery, lynching and segregation were once legal, too.
Instead of looking at the inconsistencies of political parties (which both Democrats and Republicans have many), we should look at the inconsistencies of current laws.
If a pregnant woman is murdered, the accused is charged with two counts of murder.
Even when the mother doesn't die, but her "fetus" does, it's still considered murder.
Just this month, Orbin E. Tercero was charged with first degree murder for inducing a miscarriage on his pregnant girlfriend.
We live in a confused society, where if the woman wants an abortion it's legal, but when it's against her will, then it's murder.
Since when did intention change what murder is?
Mr. Goff, you quickly breezed over what you call "possible trauma suffered" by women who get abortions.
Is "possible trauma" a 30% increased risk of breast cancer? What about being 65% more likely to have long-term clinical depression as compared with women who carried their baby?
Abortion hurts women: it's not "probable," it's a fact.
Let's ask ourselves, when is killing someone more humane than working to improve their lives? Never.
The pro-life movement's first priority is to save the lives of the innocent, because you can't improve anything else if that person is dead.
But being pro-life is so much more than that. As someone who considers myself pro-life through and through, I want every person (regardless of citizenship, education level, physical/mental ability or financial status) to have a dignified life.
This will never begin with killing them.
It instead means a lot more work.
The easy thing is to kill, deny and ignore.
Do we really think the solution to social problems is to kill off undesirable people?
I hope this letter will lead you to do research on the matter, find out for yourself what exactly abortion is and what it does to women and our society.
If abortion is really okay, then stop trying to cover it up.
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