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Date Posted: 17:53:19 08/29/08 Fri
Author: Terry
Subject: Re: To me, pro-choice means
In reply to: Terry 's message, "To me, pro-choice means" on 16:52:54 08/27/08 Wed

I have serious issues with women who view abortion as a convenient procedure and do not consider the new life they carry. I personally know women who have had abortions because they did not want to lose a boyfriend who wasn't ready. A very close friend of mine has had five abortions because birth control pills make her fat. I knew another in my Navy days. She got pregnant deliberately when we were on our ship off the coast of Somalia. She wanted, and got, a trip back to California for an abortion - both the trip and abortion paid for by your tax dollars, by the way. Her reason --- she was homesick. She actually bragged about this.

But it really isn't any of your business why women seek abortions. Your opinion and mine don't count; it's her body and her choice. Just because you (and I) might not agree doesn't mean we have the right to demand laws to stop her.

It's like free speech. Just because we don't like what they say (or in this case; what a woman does) doesn't mean we have the right to stop them.

And for the record; I don't buy into the "except in the case of rape or incest then abortion is ok". Either it's okay or it's not; either it's a woman's choice *no matter what her reasons or circumstances* or it isn't. If pro-life proponents argue that life begins at conception then you can't discriminate against embryos that are conceived by rape or incest.

That's my .02.

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