Dear Editor: Had King George III only known that our country’s interest in declaring and protecting life only began after birth, he might have declared that all pregnancies be terminated. If that were the case the American Revolution might have begun sooner.

But he could hardly have aborted 60 million babies, given our population at the time, (the number aborted since Roe v. Wade in 1973) or even one million, the number Planned Parenthood terminates annually. What we declared deserving protection and the right to exist in 1776 seems to have lost its relevancy today. Does anyone remember the Declaration of Independence?

Biological science confirms that all human life begins at conception. When the Declaration of Independence was formulated and signed, our Founders asserted our unalienable right to life. The word “life” was used, not “personhood.”

Biological life begins at conception, not after birth. How the Supreme Court could legally redefine our unalienable right to life by ignoring the first nine months could perhaps be explained by recognizing that the right to abort was the end justified by the Roe v. Wade decision, not the right to life and its protection? The word “personhood” replaced the word “life,” and abortion was legalized.

Now we have a governor who states that pro-life people are not welcome in New York and the chairman of the Democratic National Committee indicating that pro-life people are no longer welcome in the Democratic Party.

Each year we honor those who gave their lives for us. Do 60 million infants aborted deserve a monument and honor?

DONALD J. YOUNG

East Elmhurst