To the Editor:
While Ross Douthat attempts to make supporters of a woman’s right to choose feel guilty for permitting a “disgusting” procedure, he conveniently forgets that countless other surgeries can be perceived as “barbaric”—an amputation, a colectomy or even open-heart surgery, where the surgeon has to break through the breastplate. All of these could be described in terms that would upset the casual reader.
Abortion may be unpleasant to talk about, but the Planned Parenthood representatives caught on tape are guilty of nothing except insensitivity. Distorting these “gotcha” videos to undermine an essential woman’s right is what is truly “disgusting.”
JAKE FISHMAN
Boston
Note from KBJ: Excellent analogy, Jake! Except it's not. I think you know why.
