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Education a solution to abortion problems
By Bert Tryba
William Moore's essay
"Abortion deprives children of
life" (OOF.. Aug 1. UIH9). writ
ten with a gilded pen. presents
a view of abortion based on
Christian religious doctrine On
_Commentary
( ritical examination the brass,
hidden beneath polished
phrases and noble-sounding
concerns for life, can he seen
Abundant historical evidence
attests murderous Christian
bigotry modeled on "Cod's
wrath wielded against old men.
women and innocent < hildren
described in scripture
Rational people recognize
unwanted pregnancies are trag
edies that profoundly affei I the
women concerned Humanists
favor appropriate sex education
stressing responsibility start
ing in elementary sc bool years
that promotes understanding
contraceptive devices and prac
tic.es Christian anti abortion
ists could help reduce un
wanted pregnant ies In sup
porting sue h educ at ion
The more* c ontrac eptive op
tions .1 sue ietv has along with
education to use them, the less
mii ietv has to depend on abor
tion Hie pill is the only widely
available ettective I N birth
control method besides slerili
xutinn Research and develop
ment of contraceptives has
been hampered in the l oiled
States In threats of bovcottx by
religious groups
A persistent myth propagated
bv the anti-abortion minority is
that abortions usually take
place late m pregnane \ Actu
ally 'i 1 pert cut of all abortions
in the I S lake place in the
tost trimester (at) pert cut occur
m the first eight weeks) ()nly H
peri cut of all abortions are per
formed in the second trimester
((> 1 percent oc c or before the
ttctfi week I Only a tun lr.it
tion. one-one hundredth of one
pen cut. are performed during
the third trimester, and those
exclusively for medical rea
sons
Moore willfully engages in
emotional, dishonest exploita
lion of language Imiau lavs at
firms that human lile begins .it
birth not before Bv railing a
fetus a "r hild" and by cleverly
using the term "human." gen
erally ronnoting .1 person al
ready Ixirn Moore seeks to load
pro-choice advocates with
guilt Moore refuses to retog
nize the issue is a private mat
ter of the woman concerned
She alone must resolve the
problem of an unwanted preg
nancy with the aid of her part
ner and medical and social
counsel Only they know the
particulars involved A less
('motional analogy that the ter
minology used by Moore can
clarify the real issues
St riptural injunctions to "in
crease and multiply" must be
understood as the desire ot rul
ers and i lergv seeking person
al interests of power and
wealth to dictate population
growth Many leaders still bar
bor ideas of "manifest destiny"
and regard births as future war
riors and missionaries Ibis ar
gument whir h (.in be modeled
on economii and politir al 1 rite
na not recpiiring "(’.od is in
terestingly presented bv 1 bom
as \1\0n t iarvei in I he Keli
gion Worth Having {Hough
ton Milflin, 1B12) ( arver sug
gests Mormans are an example
Such views divide the world
into "we" and "they The
more "Wes ' the better Hu
mans set vc the ends of religioit
Human population is best
considered from the perspet
live a skilled on hard ist m ( on Is
bis Iruit trees The flower buds
of all apple tree are not 1 ailed
1 apples" though they have the
potential to bei onie apples d
properly fertilized and allowed
to grow under favorable t until
times A visit to an abandoned
orchard gone wild will readily
i onvinc e the reader that it is
net essarv for the on hardist to
prune and trim the brain lies,
even some with fertilized bios
sums, it the maximum i rop ol
quality Iruit is to lie obtained
We are dangerously misled il
we believe that we are superior
to Mature and not sublet t to its
1
THE FAR SIDE
By GARY LARSON
laws
Currently there are five bii
linn people in the world In 40
years experts predlc t tliere u ill
he more than It) billion I he
evident.e provided by ecolo
Hists and environmentalists
shows the world cannot sup
port present world population
with ini rease < onsumer ex pec
tations asso< iated with higher
levels of education urbani/.a
lion and ini re.ised materials
c onsumption
We must urgently stop popu
lation growth and collectively
work to resolve world sot lal
economic and political prob
lems through intelligent use of
sc tent e and tec hnologv ent our
aging people to seek satistac
lion in ways that do not clash
with Nature
Nearly It) percent of the
world's population (more than
-Jt)t) million) are affec ted cur
rently bv malnutrition Mreadv
more than fll.OOO c hilclren cm
der the age of one die every day
from malnutrition and prevent
able infec lions diseases
In the l' S more than t-i not)
c hildren wait to be adopted, ft.’
pen ent of them are olclet 01
lorn to Abortion, Page I 4
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