Abortion Dilemma: ‘How, Not If’
Wood’s premise is faulty and her logic twisted. Supposedly, since women have historically sought abortions and will continue to seek abortions, we ought to legally provide a medically safe way for them to have abortions or, in having a “back alley” abortion, they may end up maimed for life or dead.
What is this irrefutable historical record that Wood refers to? What percentages of women is she talking about? What is the correlation between a society’s mores, the degradation of those mores, and the percentages of women who seek abortions?
Having an abortion because one cannot afford a child or is not ready to care for him almost seems reasonable. But if a woman knows she isn’t ready for a child, why can’t she assume responsibility for the situation by either using birth control methods or by not having sex? Or do we accept abortion as a part of a woman’s “license” to have sex?
ELIZABETH A. SAGE
Calabasas
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