Letters to the Editor: 'All men are created equal' -- abortion foes really mean men

To the editor: "All men are created equal" — it seems that "they" really mean all men. ("Pregnant women are not incubators. Antiabortion states should not deny them emergency care," editorial, April 24)

Men would not stand for being denied treatment for prostate cancer or cancer of the genitals because their sperm are considered human beings. They would not stand for being told that they could not have a vasectomy for the same reason.

Why are men allowed control over what they do with their bodies, but women, supposedly equal under the law, are denied the same control?

Susan Greenberg, Los Angeles

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.