Tom Blong letter: Similarities of abortion and slavery – Abilene Reporter-News

Posted: January 9, 2022 at 4:30 pm

Tom Blong letter| Abilene

This letter is in response to the op-ed piece by John Powell (Reporter-News, Dec. 4).

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The argument for abortion is very similar to the argument for slavery.

The U.S. Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case of 1859 ruled that slaves were property and, under the Fifth Amendment, had no legal rights and their owners could do with them as they wanted.

The argument in Roe v.Wade uses a similar argument that the unborn child is property of the mother, who has the right to do whatever she wishes to it.

If you equate the womb to a plantation, you can see the similarities.

As a believer, it is my belief that life of a person starts at conception and, therefore, taking of this life is murder, as much as hanging of a slave is murder.

The John Powells of this world would have applauded the ruling of 1859.

Tom Blong, Abilene

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