“University Hospita should stop and wonder why none of the dozens of other clinics in south central Wisconsin are currently performing these late-term abortions.” Late-term abortions are surgical procedures which require specialized staff and facility. The vilification you’re attempting to put on second-term abortion ignores a few things: A) According to the National Abortion Federation, there are exactly four abortion providers in the entire state of Wisconsin, and B) Second-trimester abortions happen before week 20. The most common method of second-trimester abortions, D&E, is possible from week 15. C) Women who get later-term abortions generally would’ve favored getting it earlier, if possible. Maybe they could have done so if there were more than four abortion clinics in the entire state.

“Even in relatively nonreligious countries such as Germany, France and Italy, second trimester abortions are illegal.” I don’t have time to look it up right now this second, but I’d bet my right thumb that there are accessible, affordable, and non-stigmatized first-trimester abortions available in those countries. That’s different from here.

Dear State Senator Grothman — well said. Thank you. As a UW-Madison professor, I too am disgusted by our leadership (Chancellor Biddy Martin, Dean Bob Goldman, Dean Katharyn May, Professor and Director of Carbone Cancer Center George Wilding, and Regents David Walsh and Judith Crain). They have led the UW-Madison into the business of late-term abortions.

Now we have an institution supported by state taxpayers, and professors on the state payroll, performing abortions on 22 week old babies. The next time an alum comes back to campus for a game at the Kohl Center or at Camp Randall, or to the Terrace to relax, and contemplates a donation to the UW Foundation, they can think that just a few blocks away our fine institution is sponsoring and performing late-term abortions.

Glenn,

Thank You! It is delightful to hear from a Senator with a moral compass, ethical standards, and a functioning spine. I feared the species had become extinct in Wisconsin, overrun by the fungal plague of relativism.

I stand with you and salute you, Sir!

A Fellow Alumni

Hey BH,

Maybe you could have some measure of objectivity and publish some letters in support of the decision…I KNOW you have received at least one.

So your main arguments against these procedures at the Madison Surgery Center are: a) It insults atheists and agnostics b) European countries don’t do it c) It would look bad in the newspapers d) “Press reports” show the majority of employees are against it e) Your time on campus showed the “overwhelming majority” of students are against it.

a) So does “…under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. Are you going to rail in the BH against that, too? b) Many European countries also allow recreational marijuana use. Should we follow their lead on that, too? c) So does the Badger basketball team lately. Should we ban them too? d) “Press reports?” We’re relying on “press reports” for these data? Whose press reports, Glenn? Yours? e) Really, Glenn, how many students did you talk to? I’ll bet fewer than 10.

I really think debate about issues like these can be healthy and constructive. But these arguments are infantile (no pun intended) and weak. Come on, Glenn. I’ve heard better argumentation from an 8th-grade debate team.