Letter to the editor: Women have right to reproductive freedom

The Declaration of Independence states that our government derives its power from the consent of the governed, and the Constitution secures for us the blessings of liberty, meaning we are free from despotic control.

However, our Supreme Court seems to feel the states have a right to barbarically order women to bear children and deny women their reproductive freedom.

I disagree.

Ultimately, our Constitution gives power to the people. It provides for our welfare and liberty. No state shall make or enforce any law that shall abridge that liberty.

We the people have overwhelmingly decided that we want reproductive freedom. We do not want some religious bigots pushing their version of morality on us. Life begins at conception is a religious belief, not a fact. Some religions believe that life begins when the baby takes its first breath. We are not a theocracy. We are a pluralistic country with a lot of different beliefs.

Our founders warned of the tyranny of religion. They were adamant in the belief of the separation of church and state in order to protect everyone’s religious freedom — a fact our Supreme Court seems to have forgotten.

Julia Bojalad

North Huntingdon