Counseling options exist

In Jet Tilley’s “Extremism breeds violence” (Letters, June 13), she implies that all those who support life are extreme, violent and blind. Why are all those who support life held accountable for the actions of one very sick man?

Planned Parenthood is not the only organization that provides services for those who experience an unplanned pregnancy. Choice Pregnancy Center has three locations (on Ash Street, Pines Street and in Cheney). We provide free pregnancy testing, obstetrics exams, ultrasound, first trimester care, STD testing and long-term pregnancy counseling. We have iPulse for abstinence training, iPath for post-abortive counseling and iHope, our beautiful maternity home (Paula’s House).

We counsel both young women and men. We don’t use fear, intimidation or harassment to change minds. We use education, give ultrasounds, love and prayer in hopes that our clients’ hearts will be open to life. We encourage our clients to choose life. We cannot change their minds, but God can!

While the death of Dr. George Tiller is tragic, why is it that the 60,000 lives he took don’t seem to count? Those 60,000 innocent babies died violently; talk about extreme, tragic and horrific!

I think Jet should take another look in the mirror.

Karla Anderson

Spokane