Regarding John Ballentine’s column on LD 820, I’m sure all the rich Mainers are “clutching their pearls” if the pro-choice bill fails and the anti-choice crowd (I refuse to use the term “pro-life”) succeeds. Does anyone really believe during America’s entire history the rich have never sought the services of an illegal abortion provider or took their daughter (or mistress) on a “vacation” to a country where abortions are legal? The rich always have and always will be able to find a way to get abortions on demand. I also find it the height of hypocrisy that Republicans are always yelling about getting “Big Government” out of our lives, but the one area they want government intervention is in a woman’s reproductive organs.

Stephen Perazone
Portland


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