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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1973
Page
7
To the Editor Will Jacobs asks if statutory law has imposed minority religious views on a majority. He questions when life begins, cites historical abuses, notes abortion access selective by wealth, and urges rational debate over emotional appeals in the abortion rights controversy.
Mrs. George Ruedy argues abortion law should protect individual life rights and personal privacy. She cites medical authority, historical atrocities, and urges readers to contact Congress and the President in support of a constitutional amendment protecting humans in the womb.
A reader contrasts abortion debate with war, arguing life begins before conception and criticizing anti abortion rhetoric. The letter questions sincerity of protestors and warns about a world with pollution crime and resource strain influencing whether to bring children into existence.
Discussion questions whether Iowa laws would apply unequally by income, forcing poorer women toward motherhood while wealthier residents could seek abortions elsewhere. The letter notes abortion as a daily, complex reality and cites Parade magazine data from four months, published Feb 11.
Roy Ferguson of Center Point argues that early embryos lack human status and the soul until reasoning develops. He contends liberal Supreme Court abortion rulings ignore the life potential of unformed embryos and highlight social harms of unwanted children.
The speaker argues for legal abortion as a personal right while linking abortion to a broader moral crisis in America. He suggests the Vietnam conflict and the rise of communism threaten the nation, and warns that legalizing abortion may be seen as a divine death warrant. He calls for over ruling the perceived fate of the country.
A reader lampoons the idea of progress by listing moon landings SSTs and sexual liberation while mocking abortion clinics and public debates on crime and poverty. The letter cites movements from space to culture, ending with a provocative count of abortions per day and a signature from Alice Bevenour of Fox Meadow Drive SE.
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