re: Are most of you actually Pro-Life?

From a libertarian perspective---not all of us think the same BTW---the protection of life and property is the primary function of government. When does one become "eligible" for such protection?

The pro choice people seem to think that liberty and individual rights and the protection of such rights comes only after an individual has passed through the birth canal. Somehow in their opinion the rights of the mother are more important than the rights of the child.

I don't buy that.

The other things at the root of the pro choice line of thinking are wrong and in fact bigoted. There is this perception that poor women and career women are somehow hindered with the responsibility of a child and can't or shouldn't have to bother with the responsibilities of a child. Well that certainly isn't as true as it once might have been. Today women can easily put their child up of adoption. The State has created all kinds of child care options making child rearing easier. The stigma of being a single pregnant woman doesn't exist today.

I am baffled how abortion is such a large issue for pro choice people. For so many it is the defining issue of their political thought.

If we are going to have a free society--individual freedoms--we cannot continue to eliminate the consequences of poor decisions. We can't burden the rest with the cost of the bad decisions of the few.

I doubt we can stop abortion but we certainly should NEVER, EVER fund such procedures with public money.