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[MellowDem]

You're brave to bring it up too. Progressives will have to come to terms with the fact that many other liberals are very much pro-life as described in the OP.

It's frusterating how many people will accuse you of attacking women's rights when in fact the reason for being pro-life in this instance has nothing to do with women's rights and everything to do with the belief of when life begins. It's what has always troubled me about abortion. Even looking at it from a purely scientific standpoint, a fetus is simply a human in its earliest stages. I've never heard any convincing argument that a fetus is not human.

I wouldn't vote to outlaw abortion, but I am personally opposed to its use. I realize abortion is going to happen no matter what, so the thing to do is make it safe and rare. Unfortunately, our society has only made it safe, but definitely not rare. And that can be blamed on the lack of funding for our children, sex education, etc. etc.