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Letter: My body, my choice

By Veronica Violet, Vancouver
Published: October 5, 2021, 6:00am

I understand this concept. I can get tattoos, piercings, even consume alcohol and drugs, while pregnant. It’s nobody’s business what I do with my body. I can refuse to be vaccinated, because I do not want the government telling me what I can and cannot do. My body, my choice.

Last time I checked, it takes two to conceive, unless I go to the sperm bank and ask to have intrauterine insemination. Once again, my body, my choice.

So, let’s just make it simple. For abortions to stop, let’s just ask the federal government to tell men to wrap it up, saving everyone pain and heartache. Just think, in 2018, a total of 619,591 abortions were reported, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If we had told men to wrap it up, think of all the lives we could have saved.

No more marching every 50 years to keep women’s reproductive care safe and legal. Just wrap it up. Easy peasy, right?

Oh, wait. What? You don’t like being told by the government what to do with your private parts?

Guess what? Neither do women.

By the way, Ruth sent me.

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