During the mid-1960s many of us enlisted in the military and found ourselves at war in the Republic of South Vietnam. The war slowly became unpopular and divided our country.
Those protesting the war decided to kick it up a notch. They labeled those who were fighting in South Vietnam with a cruel moniker. A moniker carried for decades by those who served.
Currently before the Maine Legislature is a bill, LD 1619, which would allow the termination of a baby’s life up to the ninth month of pregnancy, with the approval of a qualified medical professional.
As barbaric as I find this, it gives me and those who served in South Vietnam a chance to repay those who branded us.
Therefore, those who support LD 1619 have, unlike Vietnam veterans, earned the moniker “baby killers.”
Robert Macdonald, Lewiston
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