Thank you for the letter by Mr. Larry Knapp in the Feb. 28 issue of the Reporter (“Abortion should be safe, legal and rare”). The author explained very clearly why I donated money to Planned Parenthood for many years. That question has always vexed me.

Of course, abortion should always be available to those who are desperate enough to need them. Of course, sex education should be taught in the schools. Of course, the churches should back off (and perhaps teach sex education in church). How double-minded churches have been to bar sex education from youth and to tell them to back off from sex. Teenagers aren’t stupid. They recognize the double speak.

Incidentally, my son always knew he could call home whenever necessary. Like Mr. Knapp’s children, that never happened. You see, I trusted him. As a reverse, he trusted me.

Brenda Rogers, Kirkland