Sun Journal Letter to the Editor: A Woman's Right to Know by CCTA Member Jan Parys

August 13, 2011

Your editorial Sunday was so wrong about a woman’s right to know. You sound like the liberals claiming women’s rights are infringed upon, but in actuality the title is truthful. The act is merely knowledge and you don’t think that women should have the facts, it seems. The state of South Dakota has a three (three!) waiting period. One day or 24 hours after being given the facts about abortion is not long and should be done to protect mother and child.


Have you ever considered the rights of the most innocent and helpless human beings? The unborn are the most endangered species in our nation with about 1 million of them murdered every year.

In California I attended an abortion meeting in 1981 and learned about the acid burning the child in the womb. The young lady who sat next to me told me her sad story too. She had had three abortions and then was saved and got married. She and her husband tried to have children but couldn’t. Her doctor told her that during the last abortion part of her uterus had been sucked out with her baby so she would never be able to carry a child. She had never been warned of that possibility.

Also, we had a foster daughter whose sister had gotten pregnant twice and wanted to date but was grounded. At 14 our foster daughter’s sister got pregnant and her parents had her carry the child and give it up for adoption. At 16 when she got pregnant again she went to the guidance counselor and had a abortion. The parents found out when the teen didn’t come home from school and didn’t come home until 8 p.m. The counselor said she had to stay at the clinic until her bleeding stopped. Many parents never find out due to patient confidentiality. So there is a need for information for women regarding the child and risks.

Perhaps the scientist who could have found the cure for cancer or AIDS has been aborted. No one can say how many parents are waiting for a child to adopt but there are so many who go to China and other countries for a daughter or son. I know of several.

J.E. Parys, CCTA Member
New Bern, NC

Editor's Note:  We applaud the NC General Assembly for over riding Gov. Perdue's veto of  House Bill 854, "Abortion, A Woman's Right to Know Act"  (Senate Bill 769).  Women should be informed of ALL OF THE FACTS before taking such an irreversable action as murdering her own child and possibly preventing her the opportunity to have children at a later date.  What are liberals so afraid of?