Letters to the editor...Recover the `culture of life'

Dear editor, Re: Oct. 1 International Life Chain Sunday. Again this year some 60 local citizens joined hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers throughout Canada and the United States to show solidarity with the innocent, defenseless, dependent human beings in the womb. God's blessings on, and thanks to these local people of four or five of our local church congregations. I am sure you noticed that we were being peaceful, prayerful and quietly respectful throughout our hour of witness to the facts about abortion. Three more points: 1. Every one of us sees in our mirrors that our mothers did not have abortions. 2. That throughout society there is an abundance of help and guidance to get through a pregnancy. 3. To avoid the time-consuming health care costs of overcoming the mental anguish felt after accepting that an abortion is the taking of a human life. This too is paid for by our health care system. Every one of us should be working to recover "the culture of life" in Canada. Tony Smyth, Georgetown