There's more to a 'moral life' than meets the eye Ms. Caroline Casey's letter of Sept. 18 asserts that anyone can avoid unwanted pregnancy by leading "a moral life." She seems to forget the male part of the equation. When all men respect women once again, when there are no wars, no rapes, no suborning of women by force, no threats to their children of living in fear of harm with their other parent, then there might be no need of abortion. There is still the possible failure of conception-control methods, of the increased danger to a woman's health if she is injured or contracts a condition requiring certain treatments that would harm the fetus in pregnancy. With all due respect, Ms. Casey, not all of us are Christian. There are many more than ten commandments, if you read the Bible carefully. The Jewish faith has codified the laws into books called the Torah and still requires arguments in a court to settle the meaning of it all to the Hebrew layman. What faith are you really trying to put forward? There is also the fact that living in ignorance of sexual intimacy has nothing to do with one's status of chastity. We leave our children vulnerable to abuse when we insist they not be taught of the mechanics of sexual congress, the possibilities of preventing diseases, pregnancy or dangerous situations. Personally, I taught my son the proper names for his body parts before he could speak, read stories to him, discussed childbirth and the risks of it — he was the result of a high-risk pregnancy because of my body's rejection of the state of pregnancy at the eighth month — and how one does not place the woman or girl one loves at risk of her own life or health, nor that of an unborn child. He knew all this before 8 years of age. Have you done your part to prevent unintended pregnancy?
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