Over the last couple of months to date there have been ten letters on the subject of abortion published in the Salford Advertiser. Two letters regarding abortion are published in the current edition of the Salford Advertiser (Nov 11). The first letter by David Milne of Higher Broughton is published under the heading “Women should have the choice” and reads as follows:
“The Rev R Livesey and I could have a fascinating discussion about when life starts, but my letter was a direct response to earlier writers who wrongly and unjustly sought to invoke guilt in women by claiming ‘they would be the parent of a dead child.’”
“This clearly is not the case, and I would urge those women who are considering abortion NOT to allow any extra feelings of guilt to be induced by people of any religion.”
“Abortion occurs naturally and spontaneously in up to 10 per cent of confirmed pregnancies, and many women will experience an abortion without realising they were even pregnant. If we include unconfirmed pregnancies as well, the natural abortion rate may be as high as 50 per cent.”
“We already have a system in place where women are aided in making the best decisions for their own personal circumstances, but to deny them their right to choose would be morally wrong.”
The second letter by Warren Davies of Pendleton is published under the heading “Abortion issue is not so simple” and reads as follows:
“In response to J Morris (Readers’ Viewpoint, November 4), so, no one has the right to choose abortion?”
“Well, I have two questions: Does that include victims of rape? Does that include women whose own life is endangered without recourse to abortion?”
“When you are talking about ‘rights’ J Morris, remember, no one has the right to force any woman to carry a baby she doesn’t want.”
“To think otherwise would show an appalling ignorance of the abortion issue.”
Pro-life supporter Richard Carvath has responded on his blog to the two letters above by releasing the following letter which he has submitted for publication in the Salford Advertiser:
“I respond to your pro-abortion correspondents published in the 11th November Advertiser. David Milne confuses the issue by mentioning spontaneous abortion – which is another way of referring to natural miscarriage – as though the fact that this occurs somehow justifies intentional abortion procedures, but natural miscarriage and deliberate abortion are not morally equivalent. A spontaneous abortion is simply the natural death of an embryonic human being and there is nothing morally wrong about a natural death, whereas an intentional abortion is morally wrong because it is to deliberately kill an innocent human being – morally speaking such an act is murder. David Milne considers it “morally wrong” to deny a woman the choice to kill her own innocent unborn baby; in other words he is saying that murder is not morally wrong.”
“Warren Davies questions the right to life of a person conceived through rape. Two wrongs don’t make a right: a rape is not made right by murdering the innocent person thus conceived. A pregnant rape victim should give birth and have the baby adopted if she doesn’t wish to raise a baby she didn’t willingly conceive, but a rape victim has no right to kill another innocent person. Warren Davies also questions the morality of abortion where a mother’s health is at risk. The issue here is the motive behind medical treatment of a sick pregnant woman. Treatment (eg for cervical cancer) should be intended to heal the mother but not intended to harm her unborn baby; if such treatment of the mother does indirectly cause the baby’s death this is not morally wrong as the death was an unintended consequence of treating the mother – but direct and deliberate abortion is always wrong.”
“Every human being ought to have the right to life from the moment of conception until natural death. This right is denied in Britain and over 7,000,000 innocent people have been slaughtered in the womb since the Great British Abortion Holocaust began in 1967. And millions of post-abortion women have realised too late the awful consequences of abortion. How many more must die and suffer before we come to our senses and ban abortion?”
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