LETTER: Adkisson is the right representation on OMC board

At the candidate forum for Olympic Medical Center Commissioner positions on Oct. 2, it seemed to me that almost every question was asked by a woman and was directed at Anne Marie Henninger, running for the Sequim position 1 against Nate Adkisson.

Most of these women were old enough to remember classmates who were permanently affected by polio or measles, preventable now through childhood vaccinations.

They remember when an unintended pregnancy could destroy a young woman’s life, causing her to be ostracized by schools, shamed and sent away by families while the young man involved bore no consequences.

There are grave concerns that the views of Ms. Henninger run counter to the progress our society has made in fighting preventable illness and unwanted pregnancies.

The Obria Clinic for which she works teaches what she calls a “whole woman” approach to contraception.

It used to be called the rhythm method, in which women monitor their temperature daily in order to track fertile time periods, and abstain from sexual relations at the time when natural hormones are directing her and her partner to do otherwise.

For most young women this is not an effective method of contraception.

Henninger expressed concern that hormonal contraceptives are excreted and end up in our streams.

By this logic, we should stop all medications for treatment of humans.

Nate Adkisson is an articulate man with a passion for making health care accessible and costs transparent for all.

He would better represent Clallam County’s men, women and children on the OMC board.

Marcia Limoges

Sequim