Letters to the Editor

Amy Rodek
Sophomore

Dear Editor:

I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to be able to express my opinion on the issue of RU-486 in your next issue of the Alestle.

First of all, I would like to start by saying that it was appropriate and informative to publish the article in the Oct. 10 issue of the Alestle titled "RU-486: the Abortion Pill Explained."

As I first began hearing about the "pill," I became very frustrated with the idea that in the United States of America there would soon be a pill available to women wishing to terminate their pregnancies up to seven weeks after conception. As a firm believer in pro-life, I was enlightened by your article and the information that it provided, but it further strengthened my beliefs on the issue of abortion.

In your published article, the usage of words was disturbing to me. For example. the article went on to say that "if taken early in pregnancy, RU-486 induces contractions that destroy the quiet environment in the uterus and thus cause the embryo to be aborted. If implantation has occurred, there will be an abortion of the implanted fertilized egg. RU-486 also opens the cervix and causes the mild contractions, which help expel the embryo."

To reword the article in a more descriptive way on what really goes on, it should have said something with the effect that the pill kills a living being. It is taken after conception has already occurred. When a woman has intercourse, she is making the choice then to accept whatever consequences may occur as a result. That is the real choice involved.

With the pill readily available by prescription, the numbers of abortions are only going to increase. It is an easy way out and a less painful process of terminating a pregnancy than actually having the embryo suctioned out of the uterus. The swallowing of the pill makes it easier for the expectant mother, but the same result still occurs - the killing of a living thing.

The abortion pill is wrong and should not be allowed to be granted by prescription to women wanting to terminate their pregnancies. It is an issue of maturity and morality of women taking responsibility for their actions and accepting what consequences may occur. The abortion pill kills. .