Reply #136: Pro-lifers respecting the choice of others

[youngred]

I myself am Pro-life and wish to see as few abortions performed as possible. I am also Pro-Choice in that I don't believe government has the right to tell you what to do with your own body.

There is however, a middle-ground, but not one many of the more ardent Pro-Lifers will like. It involves keeping abortion legal, but promoting safe sex, abstinence first (but not only) and providing contraceptives to young people. Clinton was right in saying that he'd like to keep abortions "safe, rare and legal." But to do that we have to prevent unwanted pregnancies from happening by encouraging safe sex etc. It's not surprising that the areas with the worst rates of teen pregnancy are where abstinence only education is taught in HS