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March 16, 2003
I’m So Confused
I wrote a few letters to some Texas Representatives last week concerning some anti-abortion bills that are going to be considered on Monday. I just received the most baffling response from Representative Jerry Madden, and truly I’m at a loss.
This is the letter I wrote, verbatim, minus name and address:
Dear Representative:
I am writing to register my opposition to HB 15 and HB 246.
I oppose HB 15 because I think it is designed to convince women that
abortion is always the wrong decision. It will erect barriers to women’s
health care and will cause unnecessary delays. I trust doctors to provide
unbiased information to women facing difficult choices about childbearing
and I trust women to make informed decisions.
I oppose HB 246 because I think that solutions to the problem of violence
against women should be real and not political. I support solutions that
focus on the loss and harm to a pregnant woman. It is not necessary to
create a new definition of individual in order to address this very serious
problem.
Thank you for your time.
And this is the response I just received:
Tamara
Maybe you have not seen the suffering caused by the loss of a child due to a traffic crash but I have and believe that the destruction of that woman’s choice is indefensible.
That’s it, in its entirety. Not even a closing or signature. Jesus F-ing Christ.
Posted by pogo at March 16, 2003 4:51 PM
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Comments
maybe it’s a riddle?
Posted by: jacob on March 16, 2003 6:58 PM
waaa? um. i can’t even figure out what he could have been getting at. he sounds like he is on drugs.
Posted by: sarah b on March 17, 2003 3:14 PM
Well, it’s like this. NB 246 is a bill that is supposed to protect women who have lost a pregnancy due to a drunk driver, criminal attack or other terrible tragedy. The thing is, it defines life as beginning at fertilization, which is what prompted my letter. Rep. Jessica Farrar has introduced a pro-choice substitute, HB 1589, the Justice for Pregnant Women Act, which would support pregnant women by making an assault on a pregnant woman that causes miscarriage or loss of the pregnancy a third degree felony and enable a woman or her partner to seek civil damages caused by loss of the pregnancy.
I’m just guessing these things were fresh in Rep. Madden’s mind and he felt no need to explain them, himself or even try to write a coherent letter. I just keep rememebering that day in third grade where we were taught how important it is to write good business letters and how we practiced them over and over. Maybe he skipped that grade.
Posted by: tam on March 17, 2003 4:19 PM