January 26, 2017: Del Rio News-Herald * From Page 1A * Letter to the Editor * Pro-choice: Choose love
Letter to the Editor,
Pro-choice: Choose love
Mrs. DeLaVida and Mrs. Maten are
discussing the Presidential election.
Maten: I know you’re pro-life, but I
just can’t believe you voted for Trump.
DeLaVida: I voted against Hillary.
Maten: But you voted for Trump.
DeLaVida: I voted for the Republican
platform and for what Trump promised concerning abortion and the pro-life
issues, because I believe that voting for a pro-abortion candidate is voting
for the killing of an innocent life which is intrinsically evil and my
conscience would not allow me to do that.
Maten: Some people would say that
Trump is intrinsically evil.
DeLaVida: Some people would say that
Hillary is intrinsically evil, but both would be wrong, because people are
inherently good; it is the actions that they do or fail to do that are evil.
Maten: Doesn’t that make you a one
issue voter?
DeLaVida: Yes, and what better issue
to be for, than to be for life; I don’t understand how anyone could be against a
culture-of-life and for a culture-of-death.
Maten: It’s not that I’m against a
culture-of-life and for a culture-of-death, it’s that I believe in a women’s
right to choose.
DeLaVida: I also believe in a women’s
right to choose, but the women’s choice has already been made and that choice
has resulted in a baby whether that was the intended object of that choice or
not, a baby is now growing and developing.
Maten: What if it was not the women’s
choice, what about that?
DeLaVida: Of course that is wrong,
but committing another wrong does not make it right. There is always the option
of adoption. There are many couples who would love to adopt a baby.
Maten: Sure that sounds fine in
theory, but what about real life?
DeLaVida: Let me tell you about real
life. I got pregnant when I was in high school; I had my oldest daughter with
my parents support. I love my daughter and I love my husband who married me and
adopted my daughter. That is real life and that is real love.
Marian Casillas, Ed.D.
Del Rio