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3 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Restored B-17 Flying Fortress headed to Medford ... Phoenix is third Bee City USA in Rogue Valley ... Phoenix residents unhappy with chip seal project ... Restored B-17 Flying Fortress headed to Medford ... Phoenix is third Bee City USA in Rogue Valley ... Phoenix residents unhappy with chip seal project ... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the Editor, Sept. 10 MailTribune.com Writer Posted Sep. 10, 2015 @ 12:01 am Posted Sep. 10, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Adoption is the answer Most people hear the words “world population explosion” so often that they assume it’s true. In fact, half the world’s population lives in countries with birthrates lower than replacement level (birthrates that are declining ), a fact reported on by no less than the New York Times, as well as by the Population Research Institute (www.pop.org). There is no reason for any pregnant woman to raise her child unwillingly. The answer to that dilemma is now (and always has been) adoption. What does it cost a young woman to offer her unwanted baby for adoption? It costs nine months of her life and the reassuring knowledge that she didn’t kill her own baby for her convenience. She has nothing to lose and everything to gain. Adoptive parents pay the medical bills. And Janet Crawford need look no further than the local pro-life community to find numerous examples of adoptive parents. Medical and psychological risks of abortion to the pregnant mother herself are huge . Any woman who considers abortion the best answer to an unwanted pregnancy should do a little independent research. She will be shocked to learn how Planned Parenthood has hidden the real truth! Kristin O'Driscoll Jacksonville Pleased with turkeys I live in east Medford. Shortly after settling here, I saw a wild turkey in my backyard. As one who spent my childhood in big cities, I was pleased to find myself so close to nature. Years later, a family of turkeys, more like the traditional Thanksgiving turkey, surprised me by sauntering down my street. I've seen them several times since, and am always relieved that they made it through the holidays. I'm proud that we people are finally learning to share the planet with our non-human neighbors. I read in the Mail Tribune on Sept. 2 that some people want those turkeys dead, citing the dreadful offenses of scratching in flowerbeds and soiling some lawn furniture. If you leave your lawn furniture and flowerbeds lying around outside, they are at the mercy of not just turkeys, but many other sorts of birds, squirrels, bats, spiders, cats and dogs. Should we kill them all, because lawn furniture is your priority? The small inconvenience seems to me a reasonable price for the closeness to nature we enjoy. If you can't live with it, look into big-city life, where you'll find fewer critters messing up your life. Scott McKay Medford Walking the walk A comment in response to “Walk the walk,” Sept. 4. It’s hard to believe there’s a world population explosion. European countries, Canada, Japan, South Korea, China (one-child policy) and others have virtually no population growth. For the low-income woman who is pregnant or has a baby, there are many government and non-government helps: hospital obstetrics and delivery, baby formula and food, financial help for rent, pregnancy centers for help to pregnant women and until the baby’s first year, and other groups. The “growth” in the woman is called a “fetus.” The definition: The young of an animal or human in the womb or egg; in humans, after the end of the second month of gestation … (Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 1997) The fetus has all the human traits: pulse, digestion, nervous system and more. It sounds like a puppy has a better chance of life than the “fetus.” The adoption idea is excellent and to be encouraged. We adopted a little boy who is now 41 years old. Adoption exists, but we don’t usually brag about it. Gary W. 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