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I have read many but not all of the posts here.
Being a guy I will never have to be the last word on this decision but here is my 2 cents worth.
I believe in a few simple concepts that I try to live by....sort of a combination of logic and utilitarianism and natural consequences.
I am pro choice but in a different way
I almost never get into the debate about when life begins but rather when the choice is made.
If you jump off the roof you will most surely fall to the ground (barring any obstacles) it is a natural consequence of jumping.
The choice is made when you decide to have sex.......the natural consequence is pregnancy (Given enough trials and any mathematical possibility it is a certainty)
What would do the most good for the most people is difficult to fathom but I can weigh that thought against the Kantian ethic of "Act on that maxim that you would deem universal"
That categorical imperitive gives me these two thoughts....
what if everyone aborted.....Bad
What if everyone weighed, considered and accepted the consequences of their actions.....Something much better
I would choose not aborting as a policy with noteable exceptions. However, changing a womans heart is truly the only way to get her to see it that way after the decision has been made.
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"Iron rusts with disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold water freezes. Even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind"
Leonardo Da Vinci
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