Letter: Sandy Hook, abortion and freedom of choice

Published: Monday, Dec. 31 2012 12:00 a.m. MST

Dilma Steiner, of Newtown, Conn., visits a sidewalk memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn.

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With all the noise about gun control to protect children in schools, I wonder how these advocates consider abortion.

Twenty children were killed in the tragic episode at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Certainly, more than that many abortions take place daily across the country.

My "freedom of choice" is to only take a life when my life, or my loved ones' lives, is threatened.

Doug Slater

Oakley

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LDS Liberal

Farmington, UT

...and my "Freedom of Choice" is to allow others to have theirs.

4:14 a.m. Dec. 31, 2012
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The Real Maverick

Orem, UT

"My "freedom of choice" is to only take a life when my life, or my loved ones' lives, is threatened."

And Doug, believe it or not, that's what a lot of pro-choice people want as well. Unfortunately, the radical More..

8:26 a.m. Dec. 31, 2012
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Twin Lights

Louisville, KY

I am generally anti abortion and generally pro gun. But this is a nonsensical letter that conflates two hot button issues and to no good effect.

8:48 a.m. Dec. 31, 2012
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