OK, I’m coming out of the closet. I’m pro-life.

[pauljulian]

74. And for me, also

What gets lost in the hysteria is that, completely outside of any subjective considerations, it is an invasive medical procedure, and, as such, carries certain risks. Simple fact....

I would rather see someone exercise preventative rather than reactive measures, wouldn't you? And it, ultimately, doesn't matter at all what I would rather, but I would really like to see (yeah, and unicorns and glitter will fly from my butt) a completely unemotional discussion . It is a legal medical procedure that carries more risk than a tooth extraction but less, perhaps, than a heart transplant... but as such, it needs to be safe... we've already discussed that it is legal... rare, to me, would indicate that we've matured to the point that contraceptive means are improved, that the man involved in the relationship take responsibility for his own actions, and that realistic and comprehensive sex education be made as mandatory in the public-school system as math, reading and history.

We've come to a point that radical mastectomies are not as common as they once were... medical science has improved to the degree of the procedures of lumpectomies and drug-therapy. Would we argue that that invasive medical procedure not be rare?

Once one gets past all the understandable emotionalism about this issue, there are facts that need to be addressed, but aren't outside of blogs such as this.

It says a lot that we all seem to need to insert our "but it's none of my business" into these discussions... true, it is not, but I have to question those that seem to be inching towards being the bugaboo of the right, who accuse pro-choicers of saying "any abortion possible." I know no one is saying that, but how can one truly argue against wishing this procedure that is undoubtably taking place at one of the worst times in a woman's life be rare, and rare as a result of the right reasons?