By Elaine Karls

Monroe

To the Editor:

Much is being said about the problems many women may face in trying to secure an abortion now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade.

However, the point that is being missed is that the woman, although she is probably under strong emotional distress, is making a choice. She is choosing abortion as a solution to whatever she sees as a crisis in her life. She most likely is not making this decision lightly and she may feel she does not really have a choice. But by turning to abortion she has to end the life of her child.

The reality that is being overlooked in the support of abortion is that every abortion ends in at least one death — that of the woman’s unborn child. What situations should allow us to use the death of another as a solution to our problems? Isn’t abortion an extreme solution? Shouldn’t we be finding better ways to solve problems? Certainly we can find ways to help the woman that do not end the life she carries in the womb.

One option might be adoption. This is a loving choice that helps a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy as well as an infertile couple. Currently, many couples must seek foreign sources to build a family due to the lack of babies available in our own country. Another resource for help can be found in crisis pregnancy centers. These organizations exist to support expectant mothers (and fathers) with financial and material supplies, encouragement and friendship. Our nation has been horrified at the senseless loss of children’s lives in the mass shootings at schools — and rightly so. How can we ignore the fact that abortions have ended the lives of children also — and on an infinitely larger scale? Let us work together to lovingly support both the mother and her unborn child. Abortion is not the solution.