Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

To the Editor:

I noticed that almost all of the antiabortion protesters shown in photographs and cited in your article were men, while supporters were overwhelmingly women.

Considering the physical and mental aspects of pregnancy and abortion, who do you think has more intimate knowledge of and a right to decide how we handle abortion? Seeing the photograph of those men standing with joined hands blocking women’s access to the clinic, I am discouraged at how some things never change.

Jan T. McCarthy
Great Falls, Va., July 26, 2009