We want to applaud Lindsay Huggins's assertion that "all women deserve the right to be in control of their own bodies" ("Politics of the womb," Nov. 12). We also believe that women should be in control of their bodies. In fact, if a woman would control her body in the bedroom, then she would not have to kill a baby every time she loses that control.
Unfortunately, there are instances where pregnancy is a result of circumstances outside of the woman's control, such as in the case of rape. But it takes a big person to deal with the tragic circumstances that she faces in order to save the life of a small person. Although the emotional pain resulting from rape is undoubtedly great, we implore women not to allow the crime against them to be an opportunity for them to perpetrate a crime against someone else. As the old saying goes, "Two wrongs don't make a right."
Katie Barthurst Lusk
SED '06
Michael Lusk
CLAS '99
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