I find it unsettling that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand “wants to be remembered as the kind of senator who is a voice for the voiceless” and yet she is pro-choice. Can there be any more “voiceless” than the unborn? Maybe she doesn’t know that at the very moment of conception, a baby becomes a new and unique individual. All inherited features are already set— whether the baby is a boy or girl, eye color, hair color and even the dimples of a baby’s cheeks.

Maybe she doesn’t know that at 21 days, a baby’s heart starts to beat. At 52 days, the baby begins to move spontaneously, and in the next four weeks begins to hiccup, frown, squint, move his arms and legs, stretch and yawn. At just eight weeks, the baby is well proportioned. The kidneys are functioning. In fact, all of the baby’s organs are present.

And in the United States, babies can be aborted, not just at this point, but up until the very moment they are born. If Gillibrand wants to be remembered for the voiceless, she should be pro-life.

Judy Downhower

Alden