Our president recently told a televised rally that abortion seekers and their providers often allow the baby to be born, wrap it in a blanket, caress the baby, and then decide whether or not to kill it.

Of course this was untrue, but there is no way to know how many of our fellow citizens believed him or have a similar opinion.

With widespread misinformation like this as a backdrop, Roe v. Wade may be overturned or modified if the constitutionality of newly enacted state restrictions on abortions are decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Before lawmakers determine that abortions are the premeditated murders of human beings who should have the same rights as all other human beings, they also should consider the consequences for the women who will still have abortions once they are criminalized.

It is a religious and philosophical decision we make, not a scientific one, if we determine a fetus should have the same rights as all human beings.

Robert Griffon

Makiki

Click here to read more Letters to the Editor.