Why, oh why?

Editor,

I am an American, and though you can't even see me at 2 1/2 weeks old, my heart began beating at three weeks old. My nervous system, spinal cord and brain foundation are being established; at one month and 12 days old, you can record my brain waves. I can bend my legs, stretch and even jump; at two months old, I can turn my head, suck my thumb, respond to pain, and all of my organs are in place.

I am an American. God, the creator of all, says that before he formed me in the womb, he knew me! (Jeremiah 1:5).

I am an American. Why is it legal for a doctor, who has taken the Hippocratic Oath, to end my life … at one-three months old, by using suction cutterage machine to literally suck me out of my mother's womb, cutting me to pieces; at four to eight months old, by pulling me out of my mother's womb with forceps, piece by piece; or sticking a long needle into my mother's womb, injecting a saline solution to poison me and burn my skin and breathing passages; or else injecting chemicals into my mother's muscles that force me to be born too early; at five to eight months old by sticking a needle through my mother and into my heart, killing me instantly; and six to eight months old, by cutting my mother open to remove me and leave me to die?

I am an American. Why are they lying to my mother and father, and making money from my death?

I am an American. Why am I the only American that, by law, is denied life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

Brenda Hughes

Polson