Letter to the Editor

Abortion, church views diverge

To the editor:

John Kerry claims he is a Catholic who is personally opposed to abortion while supporting a woman's right to choose in a medical emergency. Really? Here is what Kerry said at a NARAL dinner: "I think that tonight we have to make it clear that we are not going to turn back the clock. There is no overturning Roe v. Wade. There is no outlawing a procedure to save a woman's life and health and no cutbacks on population control efforts around the world."

If he's opposed to abortion, why is he trying to spread it worldwide?

Kerry does not speak for the Catholic church.

CHRISTINE E. STEPHENS

Cape Girardeau