Am I the prime example of someone who should be Pro-life?

[nickshepDEM]

Ive been thinking about this alot latley...

My mom gave birth to me when she was 16. She has told me since that she considered having an abortion, but eventually decided not to. My grandparents were upset at first, but told my mom they would support her 100% and do whatever it took to help raise me. My dad, also 16 at the time, dropped out of highschool and got a full time job to support me and my mom. My dad never went back to school. Instead, he continued to work so my mom could go back to school and get her degree, which she did. Untill this day my parents are still together and although they have their problems they are happy.

Am I the prime-example of someone who should be 100% Pro-life (or anti-choice. whatever term you prefer)?

[Left Is Write]

1. No. Why would you be a hypocrite?

[Wonk]

2. Which question do you want people to answer in your poll? You ask two.

"Am I the prime-example of someone who should be 100% Pro-life (or anti-choice. whatever term you prefer)?

Am I a hypocrite for being pro-choice?"

[nickshepDEM]

3. I guess the first one. The second is kind of misleading. n/t

[sonicx]

4. no, this is kinda like the arguement that people who have kids....

can't be pro-choice. Pro-choice does not mean you advocate having abortions. It means you advocate *choice.*

[Anakin Skywalker]

10. Exactly! Well Put.

[oregonjen]

5. But your parents had a choice

That is the issue. They had an option. Why should you take away someone else's right to choose?

[American Tragedy]

6. Um, no. Your mother reviewed her options, and CHOSE to have you.

[TahitiNut]

7. Isn't it nice to have a choice?

:eyes:

[DIKB]

8. The key thing is that it's an argument about rights.

Regardless of how people before you acted, or how you may have benefited (beyond your control) If you recognize now that the government shouldn't have the right to tell you how to live. You're practicing self-determination NOT hypocrisy.

[eallen]

9. I have a similar history. My view is...

My view is (1) that I'm glad for all the historical accidents and choices that led to my birth, including my mother's decision to commit adultery as well as her choice not to have an abortion, because (2) a difference in any of these means I never would have been born. I don't see how my mother choosing an abortion would have been any different in that regard than her having used a more effective contraceptive beforehand, or not having had a dalliance with my father. Strangely, the "pro-life" ideologues think the possibility of the first should upset me more than any other possibility that didn't lead to my birth.

[Kitka]

11. I don't understand the connection.

Your mother made a choice. Actually, the story of my mom's pregnancy with me and my subsequent birth is similar - 16, unmarried, considered abortion, parents helped her... only she didn't have the dad around. She made a choice, so did your mom. Doesn't mean that they, you or I should want to take that choice from others.

[mondo joe]

12. I don't see a connection. Your personal history has nothing

to do with whether people should have the right to self determination and privacy.

[Satara]

13. You can be both

The most compassionate thing, IMO , about being "ProChoice" is the choice part.

A person can believe abortion would be the wrong CHOICE for themselves without having to try to make or force others to hold the same beliefs or partake the same actions.

The most logical thing, IMO , about being "ProChoice" is that by supporting personal choice a person is protecting themselves from being forced to do one thing or another ( against their will) with their reproductive rights.

By protecting other people's right of choice you also protect your own.

[Horse with no Name]

14. You were a choice

How great is that?
Your parents chose to have you and you had what sounds like a nice life.
Would it have been better for them to not have a choice and resent you your entire life because you took away their lives?

Whichever scenario sounds like a better life for you is the one you are. Hope this helps.:)

[MollyStark]

15. No

Your Mother's choice has no effect on any other woman's choice. Your mother was free to make up her own mind. Shouldn't other women have the same right?