Letter to the editor: Trump's actions don't support his pro-life ploy

I have journeyed to Washington, D.C., a number of times for the March for Life in support of the pro-life movement. In the 1970s I was a bus captain, and my daughter accompanied me on one of the trips.

I was shocked when I read that the pro-life community was enthralled and supportive of President Trump’s appearance and speech at the rally (“Western Pa. pro-life activists excited for Trump appearance at March for Life”).

I recently read a letter to the editor from a writer who quoted Pope Francis as indicating that Trump is similar to King Herod, who sacrificed male children who were 2 or younger in an attempt to kill Jesus. Trump has acted just like Herod by placing young children in cages and separating parents from their infant children, then sending the children thousands of miles from their parents. When their parents have sought to find them, the federal government did not know where some of them they were.

Trump and his radical Republican cohorts have made it more difficult for poor foreign countries to receive contraceptive aid, and have forced Planned Parenthood facilities to close by eliminating their federal funding. This means poor citizens in the United States are being denied contraceptives and pre- and post-pregnancy services. These efforts do not deter abortion, they encourage it.

Before he became the Republican standard- bearer, Trump was a vocal proponent of choice. Describing himself as pro-life is simply another ploy he used to get elected president.

Richard P. Davis

Saltlick