‘Right to Life’ – or Condemned to Death?

You have no idea of the detrimental results of the recent overturn of Roe vs Wade. There will be plenty of reports for you to read in medical journals, newspapers etc. such as:

The increase of infant mortality (already high compared with other industrialized countries).

The increase of women’s deaths due to complications because of a lack of adequate prenatal and post-delivery care of mothers and newborns.

The increase of deaths because of laws being passed where certain medical procedures are denied because of a lack of understanding of complications of pregnancies.

The decline of OB-GYN specialists will continue as laws prevent them from properly treating their patients, and malpractice insurance costs soar.
Women, once again, will be put in desperate situations that give them no choice but to take matters into their own hands. Some will survive but others will die of excessive bleeding or infection.

The majority of people today support birth control and women’s rights to choose. If you don’t, follow your religious beliefs, but do not force your beliefs on me or the majority of people of this nation.

If you want to protect the living, add mental health care with health insurance, increase psychiatric units for longer stays and incentives for people to enter this needed field – and pass real gun safety laws.

After these things are done, maybe you will have earned the right to say “I AM A RIGHT TO LIFE PERSON”.

Carol Poulson
Staunton, VA

(Editor’s note: Mrs. Poulson is a retired nurse, former Front Royal resident, and WCHS graduate.)