My congressman responds! With a canned letter.

So I got a response to this letter.  Here it is:

Dear Ms.,

Thank you for contacting me with your support for Roe v. Wade. I appreciate the opportunity to respond.

Under Roe V. Wade, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the right to privacy as enumerated under the 9thand 14th Amendments extend to a woman’s decision to terminate a pregnancy. In the 38 years since the Roe case was decided, numerous related judicial decisions have been rendered extending certain state judicial autonomy, while maintaining Roe’s affirmation that a woman may terminate until “viability” of the fetus.

I appreciate the range of beliefs that have been shared with me on privacy and related reproductive issues, including your unique perspective. I believe that life begins at conception and have supported pro-life policies during my tenure in Congress.

Thank you again for sharing your thoughts and opinion with me.

M

Sincerely,

Tim Murphy

Member of Congress

Sincerely,

Tim Murphy
Member of Congress

* Please Note:  If you wish to respond to this email, please visit my website and you will be directed how to reply.

That’s nice.  Except that I was taking issue with the disparity that some people thing abortion is wrong and so it can’t be funded by federal dollars but some people think banning gay marriage is wrong but that can be funded by federal dollars.

It gives a vague sense that someone actually glanced at what I wrote, saw that I’m pro-choice and responded, but in reality there is no way the response I got would appropriately address what I was writing about.  So I’m guessing no one really read it.  I’ll have to try again.

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