Dear Editor:
I have always considered myself "pro-choice" when it comes to the debate about the right of privacy, which is after all, what Roe v. Wade was all about. A woman should have the right to choose what she will or will not do with regards to her body. But, when the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, it did not legitimize abortion nor did its ruling endorse abortion. It simply decriminalized it in the remaining 38 states that decriminalized abortion prior to the Court's decision. Twelve states had already decriminalized abortion prior to Roe v. Wade.
While I am pro-choice, and for decriminalizing abortion, I am personally not an advocate for abortion. It should not be paid for by the taxpayers, but simply be decriminalized. The university's decision to pay 80 percent insurance coverage for abortions is outrageous. This lends, in essence, qualitative and quantitative support for abortion with taxpayer money. If a woman wants to abort her fetus, she should be allowed that right, but not on my dime.
Anthony Hamelin
senior studying technical resource management
