The topic of abortion has certainly been debated by greater minds than the collective here so I seriously doubt that anyone will be swayed.
Some thoughts and information I have learned over the years regarding the abortion debate is that there is much more at stake than just abortion. I believe everyone would agree that it would be better if an abortion never needed to be performed. That is the goal I believe in...that instead of making it illegal and forcing woman to go back to having it done illegally and unsafely, we work towards a community where there is no need.
A big part of that is contraception, pro-choicers favor most contraception methods while most pro-lifers are against most. An interesting piece of information I learned one day while listening to a talk show on a religious radio station was that the percentage of college students getting abortions at evangelical colleges was about the same as the rate for college students overall. One would think the abortion rate would be zero, or at least close to it.
Abortion is a very personal decision and touches a person's heart. We can debate scenarios but we cannot see what is in a person's heart. I favor pro-choice because I cannot and will not put myself in a position to dictate to someone else, that I no nothing about, what decision they should make. Abortion opponents will quickly jump on the extreme wagon, like what about stealing, murder, drug-abuse, etc.
Well, we aren't discussing those issues and as my earlier post came under fire for pointing out that non-Christians have morals, I will refrain from bringing up subjects that do not pertain to the the debate subject in the eyes of the administration of this forum.
Some thoughts and information I have learned over the years regarding the abortion debate is that there is much more at stake than just abortion. I believe everyone would agree that it would be better if an abortion never needed to be performed. That is the goal I believe in...that instead of making it illegal and forcing woman to go back to having it done illegally and unsafely, we work towards a community where there is no need.
A big part of that is contraception, pro-choicers favor most contraception methods while most pro-lifers are against most. An interesting piece of information I learned one day while listening to a talk show on a religious radio station was that the percentage of college students getting abortions at evangelical colleges was about the same as the rate for college students overall. One would think the abortion rate would be zero, or at least close to it.
Abortion is a very personal decision and touches a person's heart. We can debate scenarios but we cannot see what is in a person's heart. I favor pro-choice because I cannot and will not put myself in a position to dictate to someone else, that I no nothing about, what decision they should make. Abortion opponents will quickly jump on the extreme wagon, like what about stealing, murder, drug-abuse, etc.
Well, we aren't discussing those issues and as my earlier post came under fire for pointing out that non-Christians have morals, I will refrain from bringing up subjects that do not pertain to the the debate subject in the eyes of the administration of this forum.