Marcu
      30,
      2005
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Letter
      to
      the
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      from
      page
      6
     
     
      will
      read
      it,
      as
      I
      don’t
      know
      how
      else
     
     
      to
      contact
      them.
     
    

    
     
      Pro-Lifers
      of
      UPEI:
      My
      problem
     
     
      with
      Pro-Life
      is
      that
      somehow
      the
     
     
      members
      “know”
      the
      answers
      to
      many
     
     
      of
      life’s
      biggest
      questions
      (which
      was
     
     
      made
      clear
      in
      your
      statement:
      “Pro-Life
     
     
      is
      about
      justice
      for
      the
      unborn
      person”).
     
     
      I
      just
      don’t
      understand
      how
      Pro-Lifers
     
     
      have
      such
      knowledge,
      specifically
     
     
      concerning
      definitions
      of
      “justice”
      and
     
     
      “person’’.
      Although
      there
      was
      an
      attempt
     
     
      made
      to
      explain
      these
      definitions
      with
     
     
      “philosophical”
      and
      “scientific”
     
     
      arguments,
      these
      arguments
      were
     
     
      shallow
      and
      one-sided.
      That
      being
      said,
     
     
      it
      is
      apparent
      to
      me
      that
      Pro-Lifers
      also
     
     
      believe
      that
      their
      definitions
      trump
     
     
      anyone
      else’s
      definitions
      of
      justice
      and
     
     
      person.
      I
      find
      this
      troublesome
      because
     
     
      the
      larger
      picture
      (i.e.:
      free
      access
      to
     
     
      contraceptives,
      improved
      social
     
     
      assistance,
      access
      to
      a
      full
      and
      objective
     
     
      sexual
      education,
      reducing
      stigmas
     
     
      surrounding
      adoption,
      lessening
     
     
      adoption
      restrictions)
      is
      being
      ignored.
     
     
      Still,
      Pro-Life
      pushes
      to
      have
      the
      laws
     
     
      changed
      to
      make
      abortion
      illegal.
      It
     
     
      must
      be
      nice
      to
      be
      so
      right.
     
    

    
     
      If
      you
      recall,
      at
      the
      meeting
      I
     
     
      told
      you
      that
      I
      have
      made
      a
      “pro-life”
     
     
      choice
      in
      my
      life
      but
      I
      made
      it
      clear
      that
     
     
      I
      feel
      it
      is
      necessary
      to
      separate
      the
     
     
      personal
      from
      the
      political.
      Unlike
      many
     
     
      of
      the
      Pro-Lifers
      at
      Tuesday’s
      meeting,
     
     
      I
      don’t
      know
      all
      of
      the
      answers
      and
      I
     
     
      will
      not
      make
      such
      bold
      statements
     
     
      claiming
      that
      I
      do.
      Decisions
      I
      have
     
     
      made
      in
      my
      life
      work
      for
      me
      but
      they
     
     
      may
      not
      necessarily
      work
      for
      everyone;
     
     
      politically
      I
      am
      Pro-Choice.
      Pro-Choice
     
     
      isn’t
      necessarily
      pro-abortion;
      rather,
      it
     
     
      is
      for
      having
      a
      choice
      in
      the
      actions
      a
     
     
      woman
      takes
      when
      she
      finds
      herself
     
     
      pregnant,
      regardless
      of
      what
      her
     
     
      situation
      may
      be.
      What
      is
      highly
     
     
      problematic
      about
      Pro-Lifers
      is
      their
     
     
      complete
      focus
      on
      birth,
      and
      lack
      of
     
     
      consideration
      of
      life.
     
    

    
     
      Once
      again,
      thank
      you
      for
     
     
      allowing
      me
      to
      gain
      an
      informed
      opinion.
     
     
      I
      have
      said
      what
      I
      needed
      to
      say.
      I
     
     
      hope
      you
      realize
      that
      I
      will
      be
      the
     
     
      constant
      thorn
      in
      your
      side.
      I
      am
      the
     
     
      “other”
      that
      you
      are
      neglecting
      to
     
     
      consider
      in
      your
      privileged,
      omniscient
     
     
      world.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cheerfully
      yours,
     
     
      Grace
      Kimpinski
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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