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     Dear Editor: . 
     
    

    
     _ I would like to respond 
     
     :to  Joseph Sanlei's 
     
     article "The Abortion - 
     
     Dilemma", which appeared 
     
     . in the Jan. 31 gun. I 
     
    

    
     v'will attempt to show that 
     
     Mr. Sanlei's article lacks 
     
     objectivity and as such 
     
     is not a useful addition 
     
     to the abortion debate. 
     
    

    
     Mr. Sanlei begins, and 
     
     writes approximately half 
     
     of the article, in an ob— 
     
     jective manner. He cites 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     the 1973 U.S. Supreme V a, 
     
     Court ruling which said, 
     
    

    
     in Mr. Sanlei's words, 
     
    

    
     ". .the right to a 
     
    

    
     safe legal abortion cannot 
     
     be denied any Woman who 
     
    

    
     so chooses to terminate 
     
    

    
     a pregnancywithin the 
     
    

    
     first trimester". He cites 
     
    
   
   
    
     recently whose chief finding- 
     
     was tha ".. more than 88%; 
     
    
   
   
    
     supported abortion in all 
     
     or some circumstances" . 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
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     But, in the second half . 
     
     of the article Mr. Sanlei ' 
     
     no longer writes with 
     
     total objectivity. He 
     
    

    
     ‘ cites a Boston Globe 
     
     editorial which he says 
     
     chargesthat "..those . 
     
     opposed to Medicaid, 
     
     funding of abortions 
     
     have insured that poor 
     
     women bear the brunt of 
     
    

    
     the belief - that abortion 
     
     is always morally wrong". 
     
    

    
     This statement involves .  
     
    

    
     interpreting an inequity 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
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     in the enforcement of 
     
    

    
     the Supreme Court's ruling 
     
     insuchawayastoplace 
     
     the blame for .this inequity 
     
     on the anti-abortion’ 
     
     forces‘ (those opposed to 
     
     Medicaid funding). Clearly, 
     
     if the ruling of the " 
     
     Supreme Court is not, being 
     
     enforced in an equitable ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     .manner, it is the fault of 
     
    
   
   
    
     those whose responsibility 
     
    
   
   
    
     - it is to enforce it, not ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     the anti-abortion, forces. 
     
     Next Mr. Sanlei cites a _ 
     
     study which advocates abortion 
     
     on demand; but he fails to 
     
     mention that there are also 
     
     studies in e>cistencewhich 
     
     advocate increased restrictions 
     
     on abortion. Then comes 
     
     the concluding paragraph, 
     
      the final sentence of 
     
     which Mr. Sanlei again 
     
     betrays his lack of ob- 
     
     jectivity: "Canadians must 
     
      nay to gUarantee that 
     
     the right to ‘a_ free choice 
     
     (concerning abortion) becomes 
     
     a reality throughout the 
     
     Canadian nation". 
     
    

    
     I object to Mr. Sanlei's 
     
     lack of objectivity in "The 
     
     Abortion Diletrma" because 
     
     objectivity ‘— at all times 
     
     the prime journalistic 
     
    
   
   
    
     principle - becomes even 
     
    
   
   
    
     more important when the 
     
    
   
   
    
     - controversy being dichssed 
     
    
   
   
    
     is one with the immense 
     
     magnitude of the abortion 
     
     issue. An addition to the 
     
     abortion debate which does 
     
     not strive for total objec- 
     
     tivity. is not useful. 
     
    

    
     ' John Moore 
     
    
   
   
    
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