Dear Friends:
Why do feminists like Katha Pollitt, a columnist for The Nation, persist in misrepresenting abortion and hormonal contraceptives as "reproductive health" for women, even though there are recognized health risks associated with both? The evidence supporting these risks has accumulated over the last few decades and is so overwhelming that one researcher has rightly labeled the doctors who perform abortions "quacks."
Pollitt, however, is too busy attacking the Catholic Church to bother demanding that the quacks inform pregnant mothers about the recognized risks of abortion.
Many people were offended that Pollitt likened the Catholic Church to the Mormon cult, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. You can read Pollitt's article and my published letter in the Chicago Tribune online (links shown below).
Be sure to let both the Chicago Tribune and The Nation know your opinion (links shown below).
Sincerely,
Karen Malec
Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer
ABORTION-BREAST CANCER NEWS HEADLINES
"Men of the Cloth"
By Katha Pollitt
April 29, 2008
Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0429kathaapr29,0,4327842.story>
Letter to the editor, Chicago Tribune
"Pollitt should save fight for abortion, pharmaceutical industries"
By Karen Malec
April 30, 2008
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-080431abortion_briefs,0,3163355.story
You can write to The Nation here:
http://www.thenation.com/contact/lett
You can write to the Chicago Tribune here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/site/chi-lettertotheeditor,1,5676846.customform?coll=chi-navrailhome2-nav
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The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer is an international women's organization founded to protect the health and save the lives of women by educating and providing information on abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer.
Tax-deductible, credit card donations can be made at http://www.AbortionBreastCancer.com. Donations can be mailed to: the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, P.O. Box 957133, Hoffman Estates, IL 60195. The IRS recognizes the coalition as a 501(c)3 organization.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer
http://www.AbortionBreastCancer.com
Breast Cancer Prevention Institute
http://www.BCPInstitute.org
Polycarp Research Institute
http://www.polycarp.org
