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This may very well be a test case for States when the inevitable Roe v wade overturn comes...it will be interesting to see the results. If indeed I was a resident of a state that passed such a bill, I would need to move for the benefit of my children, whether I am against abortion or not. After years of considering the ethics of this issue, I decided to take a civil liberties slant on my position, rather than an ethical one.
While I cannot claim to be at ease with my descision to be pro-choice (I dont think there is a "Right" answer to this debate), I find the other options to be far more disturbing in the long run. My position is quite simple actually:
* I cannot , or will not choose an abortion for myself (though the chances of this are zero as I am male)
* Should my wife decide otherwise, I respect her enough to discuss the option, and come to a joint understanding, in other words she must bear the child and thus her choice MUST be considered and given more weight than my own
* The choice of someone I do not know, let alone have any input into how they must live should not be mine
* Government must walk a very fine line in this issue, and should err on the side of human rights, rather than spooky dogma
* All information I have found to this point (scientifically sound) points to a lack of sentience in the fetus, which comforts me to an extent in my stance. This bears heavily on my definition of what is a person, and makes abortion more palatable in my view of society
* My descision not to abort has nothing to do with a soul, but rather with my selfish wants, and desire to have a child
The Key in this....is it is MY Personal Belief.....and I do not think so highly of myself, as to think I have the right to make this choice for everyone else
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Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha
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