Pro-abortion reader ignores truth of matter

Braden Bost
senior, psychology

Courtney Lanute's letter 'Columnist wrongly portrayed abortion' in the Monday edition of the Daily Egyptian made me ill.

First, Ms. Lanute, are you trying to say when a woman has an abortion it isn't for convenience? For what other reason is she getting one? To make her life harder? To add to the things to worry about? No. It≠s to remove what she views to be a large nuisance: the difficulties and responsibilities of being a mother.

Next, if the father is a deadbeat, why does that justify killing the child? And don't try to turn the tables so drastically. Both of you had sex. Is the father responsible? Absolutely. He's JUST AS responsible as you are. (And don't try to use the "What about rape and incest?" argument. That≠s not what's being discussed. Those issues are an entirely different letter.)

And how dare you, Ms. Lanute, say that to have an abortion is noble! Abortion is not a solution to poor parenting skills! Abortion is No. 1 on the list of poor parenting skills! And by the way, we have adoption available so that a woman isn't "forced to raise a child she may mistreat mentally, physically or emotionally."

Its sickening to see pro-choicers whine about the "right" to make a "choice" as if an unsuspecting woman just wakes up one day with a baby inside of her. If having a child in this stage of your life is too much for you to handle, then maybe you shouldn't be having sex. THAT is where the choice lies: whether you get into bed or not. If you are going to have sex, you need to understand and be willing to accept the consequences. Abortion is wrong. Ms. Lanute's letter only highlights the fallacies in then pro-choice point of view.

Braden Bost senior, psychology

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