Letter to the Editor
Response to "I'm against war, the death penalty -- and abortion" The Independent Weekly, 03.16.05
Attack unfair
To discredit a woman's entire argument based on her religion is, indubitably, religious intolerance. Under this same logic, the research of all Jewish scientists should be discredited. Nowhere in Ms. Rider's article (First Person, Feb. 23) does she back her arguments with "the Bible says... ." The Bible does not directly address the issue of abortion. "Thou shalt not kill" is as close as it comes. I would think that those pro-choice Democrats who oppose the death penalty and this violent, unnecessary war in Iraq would agree that intentional killing (i.e., murder) is wrong.
I recently had a conversation with a pro-choice friend in which I mentioned that there is evidence that by 10 weeks gestation, a fetus has developed the necessary mechanisms to feel pain. (The 10-week-old fetus has not, however, developed the mechanisms to suppress pain and therefore may be more susceptible to pain than a second or third trimester fetus.) Her response? "I don't care. It's not a person." She works at a child abuse clinic. This kind of hypocrisy of well-meaning, moral people within our party lost us the election. How can you say that an individual of the species Homo sapiens who feels pain not be a person? And, worse, how can you not care? If pro-choice Democrats continue to plug their ears, close their eyes, and mindlessly repeat to themselves, "It's my body; it's not a person," America will continue to ignore the issues of poverty, education and sexism that plague our country. If you think abortion is the solution to and not a symptom of these problems, I beg you, as a Democrat who cares about our party, to unplug your ears, stop screaming "Catholic" and listen to the research. This is no more an issue of separation of church and state than opposition to the death penalty or, for that matter, poverty.
Christa Carter
Carrboro
Legislative Alert
NC Pro-Life Democrats support HB 263, Victims of Unborn Violence Act
We ask that every pro-life Democrat please contact your representative. For more information:
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Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Time: 6:30pm
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