To the editor:
I wish to rebut the letter printed in Metro Spirit Jan. 23,
written by Mary Beth Pierucci of Planned Parenthood of Georgia and titled “Is
contraception next?”
She mentions that HR 536 puts women’s health in real jeopardy,
since this legislation, if passed, could potentially prohibit the use of
hormonal birth-control options like the birth control pill and IUDs. This law
could even stop women from accessing in-vitro fertilization.
She calls for the Georgia General Assembly to stop playing
politics with public health. Under the first amendment, she is free to express
her views.
In rebutting Pierucci’s stance on how she views the landmark
U.S. Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade, I wish to list for her in this letter
some strong pro-life comments, not made by me, but by such figures as President
George Bush, Congressman Paul Broun of the 10th District of Georgia and the
comments of Father Frank Pavone, head of Priests for Life.
First of all, President George Bush spoke to all those in
Washington, D.C., at a pro-life rally of thousands of young people, adults from
all states of USA. He said these words, “Research reports to us that more than
one in five pregnancies ends in abortion.
This is a real shame and disgrace because America values life
and the life of the unborn and should so always. We ought to help all pregnant
women to know that we will support them to carry their child to term and help
them raise their child. And we also know that the fingers, toes and beating
hearts that we can see on an unborn child’s ultrasound come with something we
cannot see — a soul.”
Congressman Broun, a physician, is quoted in 2007, as saying,
“The right to life is the most important fundamental right for us all in
America. That is why it should be defended vigorously and absolutely. That is
why I am introducing legislation in Congress called the Human Sanctity of Life
Act, which says equivocally that, at the moment of fertilization, a human life
begins and must be protected by law from abortion.”
Lastly, Father Frank Pavone, who was at the rally in
Washington, D.C., spoke these words, “I am here to tell all women that the gift
of human life is God’s gift and a precious one in which human life is cherished
as a body and soul are formed and shaped in the womb of a mother.
I am here to speak up for the children in womb, who have no
voice. I speak for them saying that the right to life for all unborn should be
protected by us in USA as a gift and a treasure.
I speak up for the protection of these innocent babies in the
womb and thank God for the many who have come to share their views that life
begins at conception.”
Yes, I wish that these statements might have an impact upon
all women and men who read what these three men have shared with the public in
USA.
Rev. Michael Lubinsky
Augusta
