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Okay, I guess I should speak up here.
I am completely, 100% pro choice, in all circumstances. I am also againt the death penalty and am a strict vegetarian and an advocate (although quietly) of animal rights. Whether my views make logical sense or not doesn't bother me, because I feel very strongly in my heart that I am right.
To me, it really comes down to the fact that a fetus or "unborn child" CANNOT LIVE ON ITS OWN. It is entirely dependent upon its mother, and I do not think that ANYONE has the right to tell a woman that she must (to use DukeBlue's wording again) DONATE HER BODY for nine months to carry something she doesn't want.
I'm not saying that a convicted murderer (who, remember, may well be innocent, but I won't get into a whole discussion of how racist and unfair the death penalty is) or an animal is more important than a child, but they are not dependent upon someone else for the very basics of existence, like breathing. I think that abortion is more of a woman issue than a child issue, and that the woman is the one who should determine what to do. To me, it comes down to the fact that I think the government should not interfere with something that only affects YOU or WHAT IS PART OF YOUR OWN BODY and not a creature living outside of it.
That's just my $.02, since y'all didn't seem to think there were any pro choice animal rights types out there.
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