Abortion debate goes beyond moral issues

Columnist Kirsten Powers complains that Hillary Clinton has called on religious people to change their minds about doctrines vital to them.

We did not repeal Prohibition because the public changed its mind about the morality of drinking or because it might have violated some people’s religious beliefs.

We repealed it because we learned how it rocked the stability of society. The abortion debate, framed in moral or religious terms, can’t be resolved. So perhaps we should narrow our focus solely to legal aspects.

The only controversy should be about the weight given to evidence from the pre- Roe v.

Wade era. Religion or moral beliefs are not relevant. Moral practice and religious belief survived the repeal of Prohibition.

Burt Siemens Amherst, N.Y.

The apparent self-abortion committed by the woman in Indiana seems like an intentional action by the mother (who received a 20year sentence), not a case of something unexpected happening to the unborn baby. The article mentions the concern by women advocates about pregnant women miscarrying after smoking and drinking, and whether that could lead to wrongful prosecution. That is a bunch of nonsense to avoid real issues. One of the real issues is that the left gets upset about anyone who questions their unscientific “right” to kill babies.

Gerald Vander Hoek

Abortion is not for me, but I also will not make the choice for anyone else. Each person has her own situation.

Kelly Mulloy Bauder

The days before ‘Roe v. Wade’ were a time of women and girls dying because of backstreet or self-induced abortions. Bunny Bly