To the editor: Jackie Calmes’ column on the Republican Celebration’s inconsistent software of “pro-life” rules was proper on level.
Our fantastic 5-year-old granddaughter and her new child brother have been each born using in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a course of that may end up in unused embryos being discarded. Together with tens of millions of different youngsters, our grandchildren wouldn’t be offering their dad and mom the enjoyment of their lives if not for IVF.
The Alabama Supreme Court docket’s Feb. 16 ruling that embryos are kids is an affront to these of us who’re in favor of life.
In Jewish regulation and customized, and in lots of different religion communities, life begins not at conception, however when the newly fashioned individual first takes a breath. The Alabama chief justice’s implication that the “wrath of a holy God” will befall those that are unable to make the most of all frozen embryos violates the separation of church and state and denies would-be dad and mom the chance to carry kids to life.
Certainly, the best way far-right activists view copy, in addition to the GOP’s coverage positions on youngster care and youth poverty, reinforces what non secular fundamentalists who deny girls the suitable to reproductive freedom appear to consider: Life begins at conception and ends at beginning.
Michael Schneider, Truckee, Calif.
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To the editor: To proceed to guard our youngsters, according to the latest Alabama court docket choice, we should additionally shield the pre-fertilization course of.
Males have to be held answerable for the survival of their pre-fertilization sperm. Males who launch sperm with out creating a toddler deserve the identical punishment as those that select to kill any unborn youngster.
Girls, when releasing an unfertilized ovum, additionally destroy a possible youngster as nicely. This felony act is definitely detected by way of menstruation, and due to this fact it needs to be no drawback to seek out the ladies who have to be punished for destroying the potential lifetime of an unborn youngster.
Solely by defending all sperm and all eggs can we been seen as actually defending all potential life. There’s nothing extra vital than defending kids, and that features defending the harmless, pre-fertilized egg and sperm required to carry a toddler to life.
Whereas that is written within the fashion of Jonathan Swift’s satire, sadly, this isn’t very removed from actual life due to Alabama’s Supreme Court docket.
Kathryn Pisaro, Granada Hills
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To the editor: Calmes’ column takes to job the Republican-run states which have refused to just accept federal cash to assist alleviate starvation in the summertime for youngsters who need to do with out faculty lunches. She additionally reminds us that many Republican-led states have restricted Medicaid packages.
Add to that the Republicans’ unrelenting assaults on Social Safety and their obvious lack of concern concerning the menace to Ukraine’s continued existence, and it makes many people really feel that it’s time for a brand new motto for the Republican Celebration:
“Life, adored within the womb, then ignored to the tomb.”
David Albert, Santa Clarita
