[KarynB]

Originally Posted by bromanchik

I can say Amen! to this.

BTW, If "Thou shall not kill" is the rational behind being against abortion and you are truly pro-life, how can you support a President that believes in staying in Iraq for "a long, long time" where there have been hundreds of thousands killed... including children, by the hands of American soldiers? Is an Iraqi child somehow less worthy than an American child? Is an Iraqi adult somehow less important than an American soldier? Because our Republican, pro-life president fails to speak of the number of Iraqi lives lost. In a war that your pro-life candidate has vowed to stay in "until the job is done."

To me, being pro-life is not something in which I pick and choose over which lives are more worthy than others.

Beautiful point, Bromanchild - well said!

Paige - again, everything you said is right on IMO. Why in the world do we feel the need to espouse or impose our values on other people? Why can't we decide that abortion is wrong for us due to religious/moral reasons, but realize not everyone feels the same way? So why can't they have access to services needed/wanted, while you make decision for you and your family?

And I am surprised no one is differentiating between different circumstances of abortion here. Hasn't Sarah Palin said she is pro-life no matter what the circumstances - even in case of rape and incest? It is one thing to be pro-life in trems of birth control, but a different one when we are talking about these situations. And if anyone wants to see the effects of women being forced to carry their rapists baby (whether relinquished or parented) head over to Rwanda after the genocide of 1994 - or read about it and it may change your thoughts.

I am not specifically pro-life or pro-choice. As Paige said - I support other women's right to make that decision for themselves. Then I make the decision for myself and answer to myself, my conscience and my god.