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Make a deal on abortion

In response to Susan Bacon’s Jan. 19 letter to the editor: I firmly agree with her assertion that the real target of the environmental movement is population control. This is a hidden meaning for birth control, mainly abortion.

Recently, I went to Olympia to testify on a bill to get rid of the death penalty. Since I have always been for retaining the death penalty, I suddenly came to the conclusion that I would change my mind if we would get rid of the death penalty for the unborn. I mentioned this to a number of House members and was pleasantly surprised to hear that they all agreed with this idea.

Abortion, without a doubt, has killed millions of unborn, among those we have killed many talented people. Where would the world be without talented people such as Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs of Apple?

John Ahern

Spokane

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