I confess that, yet again, I am dumbfounded by what mental processes Judy Ducayne puts her obviously befuddled brain through to come up with arguments as completely disconnected and incoherent as the latest one where she attempted to defend her blind habit of voting exclusively “Pro-Life.”

Judy obviously is impervious to logic or facts, as she holds to the fantasy that only a pro-life person could ever “make sound value judgments about the guilt or innocence of anyone standing accused of a crime.” I guess she didn#'t read the letter I posted months ago about the bloodthirsty regime of George Bush#'s Texas governorship and his notoriously corrupt and error-filled record of record numbers of death-row executions - of sometimes proven-innocent people. He even joked about a few of them. Then she tries to conflate a “pro-life” stance with two politicians who acted with urgency on a matter of civil engineering. HUH?! The Citizen editors, I ask you with utter seriousness; are you sure that your Tuesday columnist is any longer even dealing with a full deck?

But most disturbingly, Judy sounds the alarm to stop Planned Parenthood, an organization which provides not only safe abortions to women who cannot possibly afford another child, but more importantly, medically sound, correct information on contraception options and reproductive health-free of the ideological hogwash which characterize the Religious Right's pathetic, contemptible efforts to control the Reproductive Rights conversation - especially to the young and naive. You know, it would almost be funny - was it not so serious. The very first step in preventing unwanted pregnancies and therefore, abortion, is through knowledge, education, and most importantly, responsible, consistent use of highly-effective contraceptives. Ducayne used to be just a serious annoyance, but now her tripe is becoming dangerous misinformation. Enough already!

Karl Logan

Auburn