Abortion beliefs outdated, laughable

By by Dennis Chanay

Monday, November 7, 2005

I’ve read the Kansan everyday for two years and have never come across an article as laughable as David Armstrong’s article claiming abortion as an “unalienable-right.” His attempt to justify the annual murder of 46 million human beings is backwards and anti-progressive. The idea that the world has approached a population limit is outdated and academically dishonest. Hitler used this idea to advocate war and David provides no facts to support the claim. The United Nations reports that quality of life is higher in more densely populated countries and food supplies have doubled in the last 40 years. Such “over-population” nonsense only opens the door for policy discussion on euthanasia, forced-sterilization and genocide.

Secondly, it’s time to put the “coat-hanger abortions” myth to rest. Bernard Nathanson, an early abortion-rights advocate, admitted to completely falsifying such numbers as 10,000 deaths per year. Reliable statistics put the number closer to 120. Besides, legal murder of millions is not justified by isolated incidents of “murder gone wrong.” David’s article, like the abortion-rights movement, is full of holes and devoid of logic. We can only hope, as this movement continues to crumble, that mankind will forgo such narrow-mindedness, embracing a more enlightened view.

Dennis Chanay is a Paola sophomore.

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