Humanity is lacking

I am married and my children are grown. I never faced the decision of whether or not to bear a child. I was in the enviable position of always seeing a way to provide, and was not abused in any way.

But I protest the Legislature passing laws which restrict the capacity for women to be able to seek abortions when they feel the need.

I also protest any attempts to defund Planned Parenthood. I have worked in an advocacy center where I did child abuse/neglect exams. I found that some of the best clinic referrals we got were from Planned Parenthood. They were the place where young teens in trouble could seek out competent, confidential and professional care. They assisted us in educating and empowering young people who did not have a competent parent to help them. If people want to decrease abortions in this state, they should seek to further fund these types of clinics, not defund them.

In addition, if you want to decrease abortion rates, then make this a more hospitable place to raise a child. End the poverty, hunger and lack of education that young women face when they become pregnant.

No one wants to raise a child in desperate circumstances, and no child would want the abuse, neglect and horrific life that many face when born into an unwanted situation. To force someone to be born into those circumstances is less than humane.

SUSAN NIMMO Fayetteville