I'm writing with regards to Katie Procter's opinion of the partial-birth abortion piece ("Column on abortion ruling casts unfair assumptions," April 30). First of all, we are going to call it what it is, partial birth -- as in a baby is partially born. The baby is killed during the process. We aren't going to tiptoe around the real issue calling it this D&X business. If you can't call an act by the name which describes it without it being somehow biased, how can you deem the act ethical? Partial-birth abortion is one of the most damaging forms of abortion to a woman's mental well-being. I am a woman, and I do not support partial-birth abortion, so I guess, according to you, Ms. Procter, I relinquish all my rights as a woman. I hope you think next time you make such thoughtless generalizations. If we are going to call this a feminist issue, then we must of course view the subject from a male perspective. Do males have rights as to whether their unborn child is going to be aborted or not? Instead of killing unborn fetuses while damaging women's emotional and physical health in the process, why don't we focus our attention on developing some sort of male birth control so both genders can control their reproductive health?