NORTHERN HILLS - Any legislator or senator in the state of South Dakota that voted for banning all abortions received a coat hanger and letter in the mail last
District 31 Representatives Chuck Turbiville, R-Deadwood, Tom Hills, R-Spearfish, and Sen. Jerry Apa, R-Lead, all voted in favor of the ban and received letters. All are equally irritated with the audacity of this individual who mailed the hangers and letter but respect her Constitutional right to express her differing opinion.
Monica Beck of New York City sent the letter basically stating that the South Dakota Legislature made the decision that they would rather have women dying while trying to perform illegal abortions than safely having a legal abortions. "History proves that a woman will attempt to terminate a crisis pregnancy even at grave risk to herself," Beck writes in her letter. She continues by saying that a woman and a fetus possess an equal right to life is a matter of faith, not fact. She later explains that the coat hanger she sent was a symbol of compassion for mothers, sisters, wives and daughters in South Dakota.
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If I'd been a SD legislator, I'd be tempted to send pictures of aborted fetuses back. Lots of them. And the message: coat hangers kill babies too.
I love how she has to reduce this very serious philosophical issue to a "matter of faith". Pro-aborts don't want to argue who deserves before birth. They don't want to debate the value of the unborn child before birth. Why? Because they'll alienate a whole load of supporters who put some value on human life. They don't have the guts to take a philosophical stand. Their stance and political support would fall to pieces.
