I would like to respectfully disagree with Drew Miller’s letter to the editor on April 24. However, I do agree with the title that appeared at the top of the letter, “No choice present in baby’s death.”

Much is said of a woman’s right to choose, but somehow the rights of babies are being ignored and overlooked. A woman’s right to choose ends when it harms someone else. When a woman has an abortion, that baby’s right to choose life is disregarded and therefore there is “no choice present in a baby’s death.” I doubt any baby in the womb would choose to die.

Of course, there are some who argue that babies have no rights before being born. This ultimately leads to the question of when life starts. With technology such as ultrasound we know that a baby is alive and moving well before birth. We know that the heart starts beating within weeks of conception. It follows that something has to cause this, something has to be living and functioning in order to trigger the beating of the heart and formation of the body. Therefore, the only logical conclusion is that life begins at conception. Our human nature tells us that the killing of human beings is wrong; therefore, the killing of babies, before and after birth, is completely wrong and immoral.

All humans have a right to privacy to the extent that it is lawful. I’m sure many criminals would like to keep their crimes private, but they are public after the crime is committed. In this case the natural law is being broken, and the right to privacy is irrelevant. The fact of the matter is babies are being killed in the name of choice and convenience, and for this I grieve.

Josh Opheim

Sophomore

Civil Engineering