The toll of poverty and war.While I certainly respect the concern for the issue of abortion expressed by John Puffer puffer, common name for some tropical marine fish of the family Tetraodontidae. The puffers and their allies, the boxfish, the porcupinefish, and the ocean sunfish or headfish, form an odd group (order Tetraodontiformes). in his letter ("Abortion is Key," Letters, January 2005), I am puzzled puz·zle v. puz·zled, puz·zling, puz·zles v.tr. 1. To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter. 2. by the reasoning of his concluding sentence: "I agree that poverty and war are worthwhile issues, but certainly they don't hold a candle to murdering millions of his children." War and poverty are, in fact, responsible for the deaths of millions of God's children, most of them innocent of responsibility for these conditions. Millions more find their hope to be dead because of the dehumanizing conditions brought on by both poverty and war. The toll of poverty and war far exceeds that of abortion. Most of us understand that we cannot eliminate poverty and war simply by making them illegal. We must work long and hard to eradicate Eradicate To completely do away with something, eliminate it, end its existence. Mentioned in: Smallpox the root causes. Why is it so hard to think that the same may be true of abortion? Bruce Lindgren Independence, Missouri Independence is the fourth largest city in Missouri, USA. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2006, the city had a total population of 109,400[1]. It is the county seat of Jackson CountyGR6. |
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