Wednesday, 30 August 2017

DISCUSSION AROUND THE 'A' WORD (letter to Dom Post, August 28)



“Part of the conversation needed about suicide in the community” (Number of suicides rises for third year, August 28), is discussion around the abortion factor. Many men who take their own lives may have bitterly regretted the loss of a child or children to abortion, whether or not they were party to the decision to abort.
 
They or their partner were convinced they couldn’t love and care for that child, that its life had no intrinsic value and  so was better ended. It’s only logical that parents of aborted children should decide, if they can no longer love and care for themselves or each other, that their life is better ended also.
 
This “part of the conversation about suicide” just isn’t happening. But if we’re serious about recognising the risks, it should and it must.

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