Readers sound off on pro-life hypocrisy, Lee Zeldin and the right to shelter law – New York Daily News
Bronx: As a rationale for overturning Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett bemoaned the decreased domestic supply of babies. Well, it turns out that Americans are continuing the decrease as more men are requesting vasectomies and more women are tying off their fallopian tubes.
Also, refusing abortions under any and all circumstances will guarantee the loss of lives of women with ectopic pregnancies in the states where medical personnel face prison for trying to save lives. Women who live with abusive partners may find themselves being beaten because of their pregnancy. It has happened before I guarantee it will happen again.
By the way, what happens to surviving children in a family if the mom is forced to carry a dangerous pregnancy and she dies? Are the pro-life people going to step up and assist the family?
Of course not. Carrying anti-abortion signs and arguing for the right to life may be valid in the ether but the reality is that pregnancy is not easy. Many things can go wrong, and men who refuse to understand biology, and women who say to just have the baby adopted are clearly imposing their beliefs and wishes on those who have to make one of the most important decisions of their lives. Its their business, not ours! Claudette Mobley
Pro life signs are seen outside the All Women's Health Center of Clearwater on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (CHRIS URSO/AP)
Brooklyn: Its almost unbelievable that privacy rights such as access to birth control methods and gay marriage are now under serious threat. A growing cohort of Republican politicians and judges want to wrench away our rights to these and are quite vocal about their intentions. Its disgusting, its a misuse of religious beliefs in the public arena and anyone who is angered by these actions must remember to campaign for and vote for candidates who do support these rights. Dont become complacent. Ellen Levitt
Weehawken: To Voicer Jeffrey Baer regarding your remarks on the Sesame Place characters actions: Your ignorance is part of the problem! The issue is whether racism is involved. Jo Ann Cahill
Levittown, L.I.: Why dont we protest the Black Lives Matter founders and Rev. Al Sharpton, who dont live in Black communities? Hypocritical! Darlene Antonick
Manhattan: Nowhere in the Daily News coverage of the violent attack on New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin or in the editorial (Free to assault again, July 23) about how the violent attacker was released without bail do you mention that the district attorney of Monroe County (where the attack occurred) could have easily charged him with a Class C violent felony (allowing for bail) instead of the lesser Class E felony (no bail) they charged him with. You do not mention that the DA is Sandra Doorley (a Republican) who happens to be the co-chair of Lee Zeldins campaign. Why would a Republican DA who also works for the victim allow for this violent attacker to be released? The story has provided false talking points to dissembling politicians like Zeldin and editorial boards like yours to continue to mischaracterize how effective the states bail reform actually is. Oh, wait thats why. Eli Ganias
Huntington, L.I.: Lee, nice try at publicity, but I think most people read into it. I bet the story quickly fades away! Leonard Stevenson
Rosedale: It was interesting to hear in Saturdays Daily News that New York state GOP Chair Nick Langworthy is calling for Gov. Hochul to provide security for Lee Zeldin. Meanwhile, I cant remember Langworthy calling for security for President Biden while he was facing multiple stage invasions during the 2020 campaign after Trump endangered people with violent rhetoric. I also have heard crickets from Nick when AOC faces daily death threats from radical right-wing racists. Using the unacceptable actions of a disturbed military veteran for cheap political points is beneath the dignity of a major party chair as well as the nominee for our states highest office. If they truly cared about safety and our vets, they would concentrate on getting laws passed to help our brave veterans. Unfortunately, Zeldin has shamefully voted against helping his fellow vets while serving in Congress. David S. Pecoraro
Bronx: In response to Voicer Nancy Brenner: We almost were a Third World dictatorship but thankfully it was stopped when President Biden won. As for your assertion that the Jan. 6 committee members were unfairly appointed, please take your head out of the sand. As Rep. Liz Cheney said, do you really think that Republicans like Bill Barr and others who testified would have wilted under cross-examination? Donald Trump lost, and his actions after the election were traitorous. Just think, those Republican secretaries of state from Georgia and Arizona who testified, are they wrong? Martin Sandok
Brooklyn: The liberal press and liberal celebrities are having a field day gloating over Sen. Josh Hawley running from the MAGA mob on Jan. 6. Did any of them do the same to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who hid in a closet in a building 1,500 feet from the Capitol on Jan. 6 because she thought the mob was coming for her? Or when she was arrested wearing phantom handcuffs? Michael Massa
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Manalapan, N.J.: Steve Bannon threatened to go medieval on the court. Apparently, that means sitting there like a bloated bullfrog without saying anything. He called the Jan. 6 committee gutless for not being there and then declined to testify. Guess whos gutless? Joe Fontanelli
Lackawaxen, Pa.: It is honest for Voicer Darryl Easton to revive the question of our unjust occupation of the Mexican Cession and Texas Annexation: the U.S. used to have a southern border. Most of the people now stopped at the Rio Grande are likely descendants of natives of those areas. John A. MacKinnon
Manhattan: Voicer John Procida would seem to have a point: Why shouldnt electric vehicle owners be grounded to save electricity during the heatwave? But drive greenhouse-gas-emitting internal combustion cars instead?? The ones that have contributed to our global climate catastrophe with its frequent and prolonged heat waves? A better plan is to invest in our aging electric grid and move aggressively toward EVs. Gov. Hochul has dedicated $1 million to EV infrastructure and adoption. She must expand EV affordability for working-class people. Laurie Joan Aron
Ridgewood: Why are all Republican U.S. senators against taking action about climate change? Do they want more forest fires, hurricanes and droughts? Why are all these same senators against reducing drug prices? Why are they all against the U.S. making its own computer chips? If Taiwan stopped sending chips to the U.S., we couldnt make many new cars, phones, etc. Even if Trump was in favor of bringing industries back to the U.S. Our government needs help. John Sendlein
Rochdale Village: I wholeheartedly concur with Voicer Gene Tracy: The News not only gives short shrift to the Mets, but your hockey coverage is almost nonexistent. Its almost all from the AP, and what there is is practically all Rangers almost nothing on the Islanders or Devils. Youre a Yankees and Rangers paper through and through! Saul Rothenberg
Manhattan: Beware Vladimir Putins invitation to tea. The Russian tyrant has enveloped the eastern and southern borders of Ukraine much like a tea cozy. He keeps his coveted area of Ukraine simmering while busying President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and others with his come-for-tea chats. The world should not be fooled by such chicanery. Six months into Putins war, Ukraine still matters to us all. Susan A. Stark
Staten Island: I would like to know who it was that came up with the right to shelter law that says anyone from anywhere can come here to NYC and demand a bed. Meanwhile, our taxes are going through the roof. It is getting harder and harder each month to pay our ever-rising bills. Why should we be footing the bill for this insane law? How can we get this ridiculous legislation changed? Phyllis OCallaghan
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Readers sound off on pro-life hypocrisy, Lee Zeldin and the right to shelter law - New York Daily News
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