Abortion
Ah, the beauty of doublethink, indeed. It very fitting that Mr. Tom Longua cited George Orwell’s work on the subject and process of doublethink in his letter to the editor on January 15th. I speak particularly of the totalitarian governments logic, and the latter of the three mottos that follow thereafter: “ignorance is strength.” It is fitting, because while Mr. Longua feels obligated to defend his position on abortion, he fails to apply logic to his argument. He stated that DeGette’s plan for the advancement of stem cell research will require the “killing of thousands-maybe millions-of human embryos.” While it is true that her plan requires human embryos, Mr. Longua cannot seem to grasp the concept that abortion is a legal right granted to women. If people are getting abortions anyway, why can’t we utilize this, and save the lives of people suffering from alzhemers, dimensia, or Parkinsons? It seems a fruitless exploit to continue rants on how harmful abortion is. Since no one has proven when exactly life begins, why cant we focus on helping those whose lives have already? This recurring theme of being only pro-life until birth has plagued the right-wing for years, and the fact that it, too, is subject to the principle of double-think is not sinking in too well. Perhaps I am a little too optimistic, but I will continue to hope that the far-right will stop complaining about other people, and start to complain about the issues we can change.
Travis Schriner
Strasburg
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