Domestic Gag Rule on Abortion

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/opinion/abortion-gag-rule.html

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To the Editor:

Re “Plan to Revive Abortion Limit Set by Reagan” (front page, May 18):

The Trump administration plans to impose a domestic gag rule on abortion counseling and provision. Only 18 percent of Americans polled in July 2017 reported that abortion should be illegal in all or most instances. Yet the president is allowing this minority to impose its beliefs on the entire American population.

This country was built on the fundamental rights of freedom of speech and freedom of religion, and the domestic gag rule directly opposes those rights. Those who find contraception and abortion objectionable for religious reasons can adhere to those beliefs, but enforcing those beliefs in a secular society amounts to religious discrimination.

ANTOINETTE NGUYENGRETCHEN STUART CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

The writers are obstetrician-gynecologists.