I am writing in response to the recent article "Abortion vocabulary," (Sept. 14). The article stated that Bush was pro-abortion because he was opposing a bill that would allow the over-the-counter sale of Plan B, an emergency contraceptive. That statement couldn't be further from the truth.
Bush preaches abstinence, and by abstinence he means no sex until marriage. If people aren't having sex, people won't be having abortions. If Bush were to support Plan B, it would encourage people to have sex because of the easy escape in a pill, and more sex means more STDs; as the article said, "In 2002, a study in Sweden found higher STD rates in teens who had access to emergency contraception." The article also cited some facts and percentages about birth control: well, the facts and percentages about abstinence are considerably better. Birth control's failure rate is three percent; abstinence's failure rate is zero percent. Plan B reduces the risk of pregnancy by 75 to 80 percent; abstinence reduces the risk of pregnancies by 100 percent. These statistics are the ones that pro-lifers embrace
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