Readers weigh in on Roe

To the editor:
Recently Samm Quinn wrote a column in support of Roe v. Wade.
She complains that “40 years later, people are still fighting the ruling and looking to politicians for change.”
What is particularly sad about that statement is the politicians they are looking to are judges. Everyone on both sides understands a change of even one Supreme Court Justice could change the decision.
Samm says “it’s unconstitutional to tell any person what they can or can’t do with his or her body.” However, that right is nowhere to be found in the Constitution. Just ask any prostitute or try to legally use medical marijuana in Indiana. It takes only a few minutes to think of dozens of laws that apply. I suspect some of the 20,000 pages of ObamaCare rules would also prove her wrong.
She also resorts to the standard elitist liberal tactic of insulting people who honestly disagree with her liberal views. “The people arguing that pro-choice people are baby killers were some of the most ignorant people I knew.” And yet she seems to be arguing that supporting the termination of 60 million unborn babies is not support of baby killing.
She correctly argues that most Americans believe a woman should have the option to end a pregnancy that is the result of rape or incest. I would also add the life of the mother. But it is the very decision that she supports that has made this kind of compromise impossible. And hardly anyone believes any politician could get elected today wanting to ban abortion in those situations.
While the left is always talking about reasonable compromise, Roe took compromise out of the equation.
Stephen Erwin
Portland

All life is good
To the editor:
After reading “Decisions belong to the individual” by Samm Quinn in the Jan. 25 edition of The Commercial Review, I felt a true pro-life response was needed.
Once a woman becomes pregnant, she is no longer an individual. She is two. With the abortion choice, a life ends. She is choosing to not give a choice to the defenseless, the voiceless, the most vulnerable — unborn human life.
The truth is abortion hurts women. It leaves them scarred for life. Many of these women are the voices for the pro-life movement. They regret their abortion and live with the unforgettable memory of their choice. I heard some of them speak in Washington, D.C., at the March for Life on Jan. 22, the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I traveled there with some other adults and many youth from our area to stand up for the rights of the unborn and women.
Too many times these women are not given the facts and left to make a hasty decision in a desperate time with the memory of their decision to haunt them for the rest of their lives. Crisis pregnancy care centers are everywhere and always have their doors open to help those desperate women know the facts and to know what all their opens are.
Instead of just teaching our youth safe sex, they need to know they are worth waiting for. Abstinence is a wonderful choice.
When a woman is a victim of rape, she should not have to live with the guilt of aborting her unborn child. There are so many people seeking to adopt. What a wonderful thing it is to allow a couple to form a family.
Maybe if abortion weren’t a choice, people would make better choices and not use abortion as an aftermath contraceptive and kill an unborn life.
God is the creator of life. All he created is good.
Laurie Hein
Portland

Judiciary protects
To the editor:
I am writing in regard to Ralph Guingrich’s letter “Court made the wrong decision” in the Feb. 4 edition of The Commercial Review.
To quote Mr. Guingrich: “When your or my rights greatly infringe on someone else’s rights, especially the innocent, we have no rights.”
That, Mr. Guingrich, is precisely why we have a judiciary.
Michael Kinser
Portland[[In-content Ad]]