i am pro-choice...and for me it is not that simple...choosing to have sex or not...i have chosen to abstain from sex for an indefinite period of time so as not to "wreck" my future endeavors because they would be greatly inhibited by my getting pregnant before i marry...not everyone chooses to abstain...and for those that do not...i fully advocate their right to pursue a legal option...i am not an advocate in any way shape or form of denying anyone their LEGAL rights for any reason...therefore i am pro-choice...not pro-abortion...there is a big difference in my opinion...being "responsible" for ones choices and actions in my opinion means making choices that suit YOUR life based on YOUR beliefs and principles and how YOU feel that choice will impact YOU spiritually, physically, mentally, socially, economically, etc...not how SOMEONE ELSE feels it will affect YOU...only YOU know...i PERSONALLY believe that life begins at conception and I would feel a sense of spiritual and emotional loss beyond the physical loss if i ever had an abortion...those are MY beliefs and i will NOT impose those beliefs on anyone else...if someone asks my opinion i will gladly tell them that i feel they are making a mistake in terminating their child because there are many other options including prevention of a second and third child after the first...and it does not mean the end of ones life...only that all decisions from here on out involve someone else and they are for the next 18 years at least, your number one priority...but again, with all that said...i will NOT take away another womans right to choose nor will i make her feel guilty for HER choice...it is not my place to JUDGE...only GODS...i have my philosophy, but i am NOT the supreme authoritor...i can only give my opinion based in my beliefs, convictions, faith, experience...and allow others to freely make choices on their own...for those that want to use christian principles and spirituality as a basis for abortion being wrong...there are a multitude of OTHER things that go on in the christian church that are just as harmful if not more harmful to the community than abortion and i find it really odd than one will so quickly break out the stance of christian principles and hide behind a bible on this issue and turn around and belittle, degrade, humiliate, their fellow brothers and sisters and even cause their death...think nothing of it...and not once have a concern for upholding christian principles in other instances or on other major issues...
[This message has been edited by SableCherub (edited June 04, 2001).]