Re: Dean Sylvies’ Aug. 31 letter, “No equality for the unborn�:
Mr. Sylvies asks, "Why don't the pro-choice people have the guts to call themselves what they really are: pro-abortionists."
Let me give you an example of why I'm pro-choice. In 1956, when abortions were not legal and certainly not openly discussed, my 16-year-old sister was taken to have an abortion. She was a victim of incest, and the man responsible decided she had to abort the baby. It took her three weeks to die from the infection and internal bleeding caused by an unlicensed, backroom quack. She died on December 21 and was buried on Christmas Eve.
Pregnancy happens. How it happens is not for anyone to discuss other than the
parties involved. Pregnancy happens, and abortions happen. Whether or
not they can be done in a hospital setting by a responsible, licensed physician comes by having a choice. Mr. Sylvies’ fanatic and narrow approach, if successful, will drive the abortions underground again, and more women will die unnecessarily.
— Joan Norstedt, Oxnard
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