Opinion: Vice President Pence says ‘life is winning.’ Under Trump, the opposite is true.

To the editor: Vice President Mike Pence was quoted as saying at the antiabortion March for Life in Washington on Friday, “Life is winning in America, and today is a celebration of that progress.” (“Trump makes for an odd champion for abortion foes, but his latest moves give them reason for optimism,” Jan. 27)

While I do not dispute that an unborn child is life, I cannot understand or support a group of pro-lifers or leaders who deny that our Earth, home to the human race and all life, is in grave danger due to climate change. Nor can I support pro-lifers who agree with suspending the acceptance of refugee children from war-torn Syria.

This is only a partial list of contradictions for those who boast of being pro-life. Indeed, under the ignorant leadership of President Trump and Pence, life is losing, not winning.

Kathleen Brown, Santa Clarita

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To the editor: Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, as well as all Americans have cause to celebrate 2014 (the latest year reported) for having the lowest abortion rates since 1973. We can attribute this progress to more women looking for life-preserving solutions and programs available to help them with a new baby.

But we might also applaud social changes that reduce the stigma of having babies out of wedlock, improvement in sex education and expanded availability of birth control.

So what are we trying to fix by defunding Planned Parenthood and reversing Roe vs. Wade? Given the “pro-life” excitement over these two possibilities, just how will we measure future progress if all abortions go underground?

Eugene Francis Mullaly, San Diego

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To the editor: On Page A3 of Sunday’s paper was a photo of antiabortion advocates, one of whom was holding a sign reading, “Pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life.”

On the very next page was an article on the drought in Ethiopia, which included a photo of a mother holding her starving baby. I couldn’t help but notice the striking contrast.

James Cannon, Valley Village

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