There's a part of me that says I should keep my mouth shut about this topic. Why? I lack two X chromosomes.
Having said that, there's some ambivalence in my thoughts. I don't think that abortion is completely morally neutral. There are many circumstances that can serve to "justify" the act: poverty, ignorance, rape, incest, mother's health/life. Convenience, not so much. "Not in our plan", not so much. I have a real problem when the reason for an abortion is that one or two people do not want to take responsibility for their action.
But, I absolutely believe that a woman has the right to make decisions about her own body and health. Unfortunately, the decision to abort affects a woman and another, incipient life.
Of course, this debate would not occur if we lacked the technology to provide safe abortions to women. Basically, we perform abortions because we can.
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