Letter to the Editor: "Big Brother" interfering with parental rights, says reader

Just when I thought “Big Brother” wouldn’t interfere anymore with parental rights and Christian Values, Federal Law makes a “morning after” pill available from a vending machine. For two years, students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania have purchased “morning after” pills by putting $25 into a vending machine. The same machine offers condoms and pregnancy tests. You are supposed to be 17 or older to access the machine. It is legal; but is it right to make the pill so readily available? This is part of a trend that makes drugs available for consumers without contacting a doctor or a pharmacist. Supposedly this machine is accessible only by students and faculty. I seriously question the logic of anyone who thinks that an honor system would control access to a vending machine. How long will it be until enterprising business people cash in on this opportunity? After all, America is noted for free enterprise! I think this is just another attempt by the “liberal left” to promote promiscuity and further erode Christian and family values.

Gerald W. Ray

Spokane