Editor,
In the aftermath of the two hurricanes that struck the Gulf Coast, there has been an amazing outpouring of charity on the part of many people. It seems that everyone of goodwill has felt the desire to help.
Moved by the suffering of those affected by the hurricanes, even an abortion clinic in Arkansas has felt the desire to help. The Little Rock Family Planning Services abortion clinic is offering free abortions for Hurricane Katrina survivors. All one needs is a government-issued picture ID showing residence in one of the affected counties or parishes.
This gesture is in perfect conformity with the philosophy of abortion. The philosophy of abortion is that the unborn are not human beings, or are human beings that should not be born. The unborn are called fetuses -- not human - or accidents, obstacles to success, drains on family and society, handicapped, deformed, material for scientific research, poor, minorities, the wrong sex or persons with low future quality of life.
The abortion mind-set asks the following question: Why would a woman or a family allow an unborn child to be born into the difficult situation caused by the hurricanes? It is easy to perceive that the abortion mentality is based upon a very negative view of human life and is grounded in despair.
The large majority of the people affected by the hurricanes are filled with the desire to rebuild or hope for a better future in a new location. They are thankful that they and their loved ones are alive and are mourning the people who did not survive. With the loss of so much, many have concluded that in spite of extreme difficulties in an unpredictable and less-than-perfect world, it is better to exist than to not exist. These people are filled with hope - the same hope that created this country and the same hope that will lift it up.
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On the contrary, the philosophy and reality of abortion poisons this country with despair and destroys this country's most valuable asset: the living human being filled with hope.
Benjamin Sanchez
UNM alumnus
