With regard to the recent abortion ban laws in Alabama, Missouri and other states: I believe that everyone in America was outraged when China’s one-child law (now repealed) resulted in forced abortions. No one in America felt it was right to force a woman to have an abortion. Americans were outraged because Americans believe in freedom — freedom to exercise personal choice over their own bodies.

Roe v. Wade is about choice. Every woman in America was given back her freedom to choose — her right to make decisions about her own body.

If a woman does not believe in abortions and wouldn’t have one in a million years, that’s perfectly fine. It’s her decision. The decision she made for herself.

I don’t see any laws on the books telling men what to do with their man parts. There’s a valid reason for that — the government has no role in a man’s choice for himself. Why isn’t what is good for the goose good for the gander in this situation?

It’s about freedom. Freedom to choose. Period.

Linda Kim

Nuuanu

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