The chaperone of a group of young people attending the March for Life told Post reporter Katherine Driessen [“Thousands of youths gather for antiabortion rally, march,” Metro, Jan. 24] that this was the kids’ first education in “antiabortion ideology”? The Catholic Church “mobilizes” its youth around its “antiabortion ideology”? But President Obama’s “backing of a woman’s right to choose” is not reflective of pro-abortion ideology? Was this a news story or an opinion piece?
The Catholic Church advances the position that all human life is sacred from conception to natural death — this includes the lives of prisoners on death row, war orphans, the terminally ill and the disabled, as well as the unborn and the women who carry them. Why is balanced mainstream coverage of this position so hard to find?
Pamela H. Pilch, Henrico, Va.
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The sun also rises, and The Post’s coverage of the March for Life is equally predictable. On Monday, I marched with my children, and we took in the usual sight of tens of thousands of people braving miserable weather to defend life.
There were a few differences from past years: calls for defunding Planned Parenthood and signs noting the pain suffered by men who regret the deaths of their children. I told my son what we would see in the paper Tuesday morning: one small photo showing a handful of those marching with us, and a second photo showing a similar number of counter-protesters, even though we had seen none that day.
The Post came through. Two small photos on page B1 showed one protester from each side, and page B6 included a larger picture of a pro-life marcher in front of a banner showing an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Presumably, this photo was chosen to illustrate the accompanying article’s false contention that the march is “hosted by the Archdiocese of Washington.”
So, I was right, but I would much rather be wrong.
Elizabeth F. Plumb,
Silver Spring
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