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The stench of the abortion debate has been lowered to the level of vapid lemming droppings with a disturbing confession by someone's daughter who wished her mother had the choice of aborting her before giving birth to her (The Maui News, Letters to the Editor, May 13).
To claim now, many years later, that her mother was "beaten to a bloody pulp on a regular basis" by her father as the basis for her pro-abortion stance, is sickening. She continues to attack her mother's family, claiming that they supported the "religious-fanaticism-driven anti-abortion campaign" and stood by while she suffered years of "horrific beatings."
The angry female writer then continues to throw her "broken mother" under the bus, claiming she "didn't care what her endless stream of short-term, overlapping 'boyfriends' did to her daughter."
Finally, she brings her attack home with the charge of an "underhanded decision" by the Supreme Court, of overturning Roe v. Wade. For those of us who understand English, underhanded means done in secret or done dishonestly. The courts did nothing in secret or deceptively or dishonestly.
The courts have a job to do: evaluate the facts of the case and make a judgment. I believe they made a bad decision in 1973, giving the impression that killing your unborn child is legal at all times.
Murder is murder, no matter how you feel about it. If you didn't want a baby, why get pregnant? Abortion cannot be your form of contraceptive, and adoption is available for all.
Mark Smith
Wailuku