Not All Abortion Foes Violent

To the editors:

Re Meredith Osborn's "Defending Roe v. Wade" (Op-Ed, March 3): Osborn says that on early Saturday mornings anti-abortion activists gather to "threaten, abuse and physically block" the entrance to the abortion clinic (on Commonwealth Ave.). Yet it is not these protestors in peaceful prayer who give cause for alarm-but rather Osborn and others as they shout "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, born-again bigots go away!" to drown out the prayers of the crowd.

Unfortunately Osborn does not content herself with her false portrayal of local pro-lifers as violent. She also blames the acts of anti-abortion murderers on pro-lifers in general. To be pro-life is to support all life. Those who are truly pro-life cannot condone the acts of those who do not respect and treasure all life. Osborn is right when she asserts that anti-abortion killers are indefensible. They are indeed as indefensible as any persons who choose one human life over another. MARAH C. STITH'02   March 14, 1999