Horse sense.John Garvey's column saddened me. I agree with him and the U.S. Catholic bishops that abortion is evil. Yet I can't disagree with Verb 1. disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" the conclusion that abortion should not be re-criminalized at this late date. Our bishops (and apparently Garvey) appear to lack what we used to call "horse sense"--that is, a feel for the practical. If abortion were to become a criminal offense after being legal for thirty-some years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time result would make the lawlessness of Prohibition look like a Sunday school Sunday school, institution for instruction in religion and morals, usually conducted in churches as part of the church organization but sometimes maintained by other religious or philanthropic bodies. In England during the 18th cent. picnic. If we really believe that abortion is evil, we should be fighting the conditions which make it an attractive option. While the choice to abort (1) To exit a function or application without saving any data that has been changed. (2) To stop a transmission. (programming) abort - To terminate a program or process abnormally and usually suddenly, with or without diagnostic information. is often complex, poverty and lack of affordable health care are important factors. Of course legal coercion may seem cheaper, but I think this is a shortsighted short·sight·ed adj. 1. Nearsighted; myopic. 2. Lacking foresight. short  sight approach. PAUL LEA LUJANAC New Cumberland New Cumberland is the name of several towns or cities in the United States of America:
The author replies: To Brad Hinker: there is evil in the Democratic Party's absolute indifference to life at its beginning. If I honestly thought Kerry the lesser of two evils, I would vote for him. To William Cooney: I don't think abortion is the central issue of this election--Iraq is--but Kerry has not distinguished his position from Bush's in any interesting or significant way. All the others evils you lay at the feet of this administration are dead on target. But some single issues do matter. If during the war in Vietnam a candidate who promised to get us out of Vietnam also promised to restore Jim Crow laws Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites. The name is believed to be derived from a character in a popular minstrel song. , I couldn't vote for him. To Paul Lea Lujanac: You are right about the current climate and the impossibility of recriminalizing abortion, and about the need to help those whose desperation might lead them to consider it. There are legislative things that can be done, short of coercive law, and polls have shown the public receptive to them: restrictions on late-term abortions, a movement against abortions done to make sure the child brought to birth is a male, parental notification, etc. The Democrats have made any abortion, any time, for any reason, an absolute right. JOHN GARVEY |
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