Are you familiar with the Ten Commandments? The Fifth Commandment is “Thou shall not murder,” translated loosely as “respect human life.”

Unborn babies are human lives. Abortion is the killing of another human being. The unborn baby must be recognized formally as a human life before birth.

The Democratic left seems to believe the Ten Commandments are the Ten Suggestions. I also suspect that God is not first in their lives. The commandment “Love God above all things” can’t be replaced by proclaiming yourselves god of your own lives. Most of the leftist Democratic Party is suffering from “truth decay.” By the same token, the extreme right Republican Party lacks compassion for medical or social conditions.

We must nationally stop abortion as a method of birth control. The government should do all it can to prevent pregnancies through birth control education and supply birth control to all women/men that need it, free.

The liberal left and the radical right are lost. The middle ground is required.

Abortion should only be necessary if the life of the mother or baby is in jeopardy or because of rape/incest. We should be considerate of the woman’s desires in that case. The family should be involved in the decision. We need exceptions for understanding and compassion.

Dan Yaklich

Delmont

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