Letters from the Inside, Michael Swango, #60

Dear KK---

Longer letter in progress/Read with fascination your blog entry regarding Irene Vilar & IMPOSSIBLE MOTHERHOOD. And now she has two children of her own!

Further comments on that and the rest of the blogs to follow. But reading about Ms. Vilar--I thought of the enclosed lengthy article from Newsweek about a month ago. Written following the murder of Dr. Tiller in Wichita...this is the story of Dr. Leroy Carhart and some things even I didn't know about "late-term" abortions.

In Africa, I saw all of the horrendous peripartum complications mentioned on pg. 3 / caused not by draconian abortion ban but by inaccessibility of timely Ob/Gyn care. But the results are the same: Dead & disabled women & newborns.

Not pleasant reading but should be required reading on the subject...

>Also enclosed: A tribute to William Safire. Politically, I really was not in agreement most of the time; but he knew the English language.

Take care, Kelly. Thinking of you in some interesting ways, and hope to hear from you again soon. Will catch up on multiple topics over the weekend. Stay healthy, sunshine.

Yours,
Michael

P.S. Hope you incorporate your eyepatch into any Halloween costumes. Soooo sexy with your raven hair...!