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This has all been very insightful, as I currently sit on the fence on this issue.
I'm generally pretty liberal, and an agnostic, but also an ethical vegetarian. Given that, I don't like anything being killed needlessly, humans or animals. I accept that the moment of conception begins human life. As such, I tend to think of abortion as killing, but there are so many more issues to it. Rape cases, cases where children will be born with severe diseases or defects causing pain and preventing a semi-normal life. One must also wonder if the child would really be better of being adopted. Most children in these cases live most of their lives with foster parents, and while I don't deny that there are success, there are a lot of failures.
To a lesser extent, one must consider the quality of life of a child who's parents are high school dropouts and can't properly provide for a child. If I fucked up and got a girl pregnant, would I be able to drop my potentially bright future and work full-time to support a child? I don't know.
There are so many lurking variables that I can't come to a conclusion of my own. Each case needs to be examined individually, and there is no clear cut right or wrong in this issue to me. Thankfully I don't have to deal with it, and hope I'm never in a situation where I would, because it would mean a pretty painful decision either way.
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