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Originally Posted by StanT
Not that it's anyone's business, but both of my daughters were unplanned and evidence that birth control can fail. Abortion is not a option that I chose for myself. It is not an option that I would recommend to my daughters. However, I am grateful to have had the option and have no interest in inflicting my decision on anyone else.
While this may be a black and white issue to some, it is very complex to me. I have a hard time with legislated morality.
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Birth control can fail, and thats fine, that doesn't mean you have the right to kill the product of the union.
Abortion is a selfish act, the abortion movement is a 'me first' philosophy. If you want to bring morality into it, you have to decide for yourself when life begins. My family used to work with Catholic Charities and would take in pregnant teens, allow the to have the baby away from their schools and pressures from peers, which they gave up for adoption. They still did class work etc, but they were out of a 'judgemental' enviroment. It took 9 months out of their life in terms of 'me first', but they were happier for it.
On the other side I had a female friend in college who burst into tears one night and confessed she had an abortion at 16. The guilt was tearing her up 5 years later.
If you don't think a child is a human in the womb then you can have a clear conscience, I would still argue its not 'Catholic' but whatever. If you have any doubt, then I can't see how one could support abortion, even as a 'choice' on moral grounds.