In response to Lu Fleming’s letter regarding allowing survivors of botched abortion attempts be adopted instead of euthanized, I’d like to correct a few things — perhaps most importantly the idea that this is even commonplace (“Let babies surviving abortion be adopted,” Star-Advertiser, May 31). This is false.

Infanticide — the killing of a live infant surviving independently — is illegal. Nationwide. Kermit Gosnell did this and is serving a life sentence for three murders.

Next, Fleming mentioned how many people want to adopt babies. They leave out the many unwanted children who sit waiting in foster care. Thousands. This is because the vast majority of adopters want healthy white infants without a history of drug abuse or mental illness.

Fleming’s heart, I’m sure, is in the right place, but the facts are skewed. As a human, my heartbeat matters. More importantly, my functioning brain, the indicator of life itself, matters, and if I choose not to carry a fetus to term, that decision is between me and my doctor. Not Fleming’s misguided facts and the legislative branch of government.

Danielle Sewell

Wahiawa

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