Leading up the inauguration, the California Report magazine is airing letters from California teenagers to the incoming president. They’re some of the more than 12,000 letters collected as part of a collaboration between KQED and the National Writing Project. You can search all the letters by topic here.
This week, we’re featuring a letter from Kristin, an 8th grader at Campbell Middle School in Campbell.
Dear Future President,
My name is Kristin, and I live in California.
I am writing you because although America is great, there are many huge problems that need to be fixed. and I believe abortion is one of them. When you are president, I hope that you will help Americans by enforcing strict laws on abortion, which should have never been legalized in the first place.
Why can we tell a mother that it’s okay to kill her own child, but we tell others it’s not okay kill each other? Abortion is an important issue in America because it is murder. It is understandable that sometimes it is not the mother’s fault, whether she was raped, the baby would be born with a disability, or her life was in danger, but it doesn’t make it right. Rape is not fixed with murder, Disabilities are not cured with violence, and if your life is valued why isn’t theirs? The baby deserves to be adopted.
When you are president, I hope that you will support laws that make abortion illegal. I also hope that you will you will please take my letter into consideration when the topic of abortion is brought up.
Sincerely,
Kristin
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