To the editor: As for the abortion debate, I would like to see the enemies of personal choice follow their own logic. (“As a pregnancy law professor in Arizona, I fear the abortion ban,” Opinion, April 11).
They say abortion access is a states' rights issue because people in Texas or Arizona have different opinions than people in California. However, it's also true that within Texas, people in Austin feel differently than people in another city, so shouldn't abortion laws be governed by cities, not states?
Going further, some Austin neighborhoods have different opinions than others, so shouldn't each neighborhood make their own rules about abortion?
The last step on the logical path is that every person in every neighborhood has a different point of view, so shouldn't we have, drum roll, a personal choice?
Jay Lynch, Pittsburgh
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To the editor: I know I'm in the minority, but I consider abortion to be the murder of babies.
An embryo is the first stage of life. If the embryo survives, a human being is born. If there is no embryo, there will be no human being.
The only acceptable reason to abort is if it is for the health of the mother or the future child. If people want to engage in sexual activity without becoming pregnant, there are safeguards available.
Michael Gesas, Beverly Hills
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To the editor: Reading Caitlin Millat's reaction to the Arizona Supreme Court's ruling on a completely obsolete 1864 statute prohibiting abortion gave me more of a “lump in my throat” than anything I have ever read or heard in my life.
The totally abhorrent injustice of men making decisions about women's reproductive rights goes far beyond being brutalizing. Men have no idea what women go through; That also applies to Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who wrote the decision that overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022.
Richard Parr, Santa Monica
