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I think my main belief about abortion is that it is just that - a belief of mine. What I feel and believe can (although it isn't) be proclaimed to the world, but I don't feel that it's my right to force my (mainly pro-life) views on the world. My morals and beliefs are mine alone, and I do not feel everyone should be forced to hold the same beliefs that I do. For that reason, while I consider myself pro-life, I do not think it is a bad thing for the government to have its current laws which allow legal abortions.
I do however, have issues with people who use abortion as a form of contraception or who condone partial birth abortions (that just makes me ill...) for non-medically critical pregnancies. Uch. I also have big problems with 'pro-lifers' who pick and choose when they support life. If you are pro-life, you should be pro ALL life...not just for fetuses. That means abortion doctors, too! Using violence to express your pro-life beliefs is twice as wrong as any acts you are protesting!! I am pro-life all around - I believe it's best not to have an abortion (if possible) and not to promote capital punishment either.
One thing I feel the need to emphasize, though, is that NO ONE things abortion is a 'good thing'. It's a choice reserved for people who feel they have no other options, people who are sad or scared. I doubt anyone walks away from a choice to abort skipping out of the clinic. It's a decision people should take seriously, but a decision they should have the right to make, even if people don't agree with it.
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