The Cover Is Not the Problem

Dear Editor,
    I am shocked and dismayed at the outrage many people expressed over the Jan. 27 cover [“The New Texas Family Planning,” News]. I found it creative and truly inspired. The accompanying article about the sad state of women's health care in Texas, which many of the offended persons didn't bother to read, was timely and thought-provoking. As a contract employee whose employer doesn't provide health insurance, I depend on Planned Parenthood to provide reasonably priced exams and birth control. Studies have shown the states that heavily restrict abortions are also the states least likely to provide care and support for the babies they're forcing women to have. I have no doubt the self-righteous individuals who so proudly defend the rights of a group of cells over a fully grown woman's rights are the very same people who sit in their multimillion dollar church buildings each Sunday and look down their noses at poor single mothers and their children. Keep up the good work – some of us are listening.