If you enjoy a good debate, and I believe that everyone does, it’s important for me to tell you, up-front, that I cannot fulfill that particular means of arousal, if the topic at hand is abortion. I find that when discussing abortion people rarely seem to know what they’re talking about. When you think pro-choice what is it exactly that you think of? If you are like most you have probably been hardwired to think it might have something to do with a woman’s right to choose to abort a pregnancy, and according to Wiki and every known dictionary I have come across, it is. I, on the other hand, don’t find it to be that simple. It is vague, and perhaps because I am sympathetic to both the pro-choice and pro-life cause. I am completely understanding and accepting of a woman’s right to do with her body what she pleases. I also firmly believe that taking a life is morally and unquestionably wrong, and it seems that anything that has the opportunity for life should be given the opportunity to live that life.
So taking a position on the topic is complicated if you are limited to either the pro-choice or pro-life ideal. Most people who do stand for their right to choose are also, likely, humanists who are for gun control, and against the death penalty, in other words, they are generally liberal when it comes to social issues. I believe they know that to be pro-choice doesn’t necessarily mean to have a soft spot for abortion. And that in actuality just because a person has the right to choose it does not mean they believe abortion to be “right”. It is a separate issue.
We are all responsible for the choices we make in life and the ramifications that fallow. Whether you can accept the consequences of sin that are between you and your god, and only you and your God; or you are coping with the emotional repercussions of your daily choices it is something you are responsible for. If you are terminating an organism that has the chance of life you are committing murder, and that has little to do with your freedom to choose what you do with your body. It seems to me we are attempting to relate the act of abortion with self-defense, killing to protect ourselves from harm, and that is too fine a line. We find ourselves making excuses for a situation that we are unwilling to accept responsibility for. I'm not going to lecture anyone but as we all know there are alternatives.
