Elaine Derstine, Michelle Smith and Cheryl Swanson light their candles during a vigil for Michelle Wilkins on Sunday in Longmont. (Cliff Grassmick, Daily Camera)
Re: “More than 200 attend vigil for Longmont woman who lost baby in attack,” March 23 news story.
I am offended by your article referring to Michelle Wilkins’ child as her “fetus.” How disrespectful. Believe me, Michelle did not think of her child as a fetus. At seven months along, her child had a beating heart and a brain and would have lived if delivered months under normal circumstances. The child was Michelle’s daughter. Do any of us refer to the growing child within us as “the fetus”? No, he or she is our son or daughter and loved as soon as we know that child is on the way. I lost a child at 14 weeks along and he will always be my third son, a son I named Stephen. He was not a “fetus.” He was my beloved child.
Sue Pawlik,Centennial
This letter was published in the March 26 edition.
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