[Peace-discuss] Fwd: The News-Gazette: Letter to the Editor Submission (for August)

[C G Estabrook]

> Ethical and political convictions unite the anti-war and anti-abortion movements. Both are opposed to the ending of human lives - in the womb or in foreign countries.
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> The US invaded Iraq and killed a million people; in America, abortion is the leading cause of death - more than cancer, heart disease, suicide or homicide - and disproportionally affects the poor.
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> Those in the anti-war movement during the Bush/Obama/Trump administrations say, “My political views: I'm basically against anything that kills people or destroys the planet we live on."
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> If we’re against the US government’s ending human lives in Afghanistan, we should also be against social policies that encourage poor people to end their children’s lives so that they won’t cost the government money.
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> Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pointed out that Roe v. Wade was decided for economic and eugenic reasons: “Frankly,” she said, “I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.”
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> Just as it’s not enough to forbid the killing of poor people in the Mideast for the profits of the US one-percent, so it’s not enough to forbid the killing of the children of the poor to protect their profits. Reparations are required for US wars, and at home, the establishment of medical care for all - and child supports, housing, and education for all - in place of society-induced abortions.
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> —C. G. Estabrook