I am pro-life (therefore I am pro-choice)

I'm NOT pro-abortion. 

I’m NOT pro-murdering babies. 

I’m NOT anti-life.   

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• I AM pro-Becky -- who found out at her 20 week anatomy scan that the infant she had been so excited to bring into this world had developed without life sustaining organs.
• I AM pro-Shonda -- who was sexually assaulted on her way home from work, only to come to the horrific realization, after a pregnancy test, that her assailant had planted his seed in her.
• I AM pro-Theresa -- who hemorrhaged due to a placental abruption, causing her parents, spouse, and children to have to make the impossible decision on whether to save her or her unborn child.
• I AM pro-little Cathy -- who had her innocence ripped away from her by someone she should have been able to trust and her 11 year old body isn't mature enough to bear the consequence of that betrayal.
• I AM pro-Melissa -- who's working two jobs just to make ends meet and has to choose between bringing another child into poverty or feeding the children she already has because her spouse walked out on her.
• I AM pro-Brittany -- who realizes that she is in no way financially, emotionally, or physically able to raise a child.
• I AM pro-Emily -- who went through IVF, ending up with SIX viable implanted eggs requiring selective reduction in order to ensure the safety of her and a SAFE amount of fetuses.
• I AM pro-Christina -- who doesn't want to be a mother, but birth control methods sometimes fail.
• I AM pro-Jessica -- who is FINALLY getting the strength to get away from her physically abusive spouse only to find out that she is carrying the monster's child.
• I AM pro-Vanessa -- who went into her confirmation appointment after YEARS of trying to conceive only to hear silence where there should be a heartbeat.
• I AM pro-Lindsay -- who lost her virginity in her sophomore year, and because of a broken condom, now must choose whether to be a teenage mom or just a teenager.
• I AM pro-Courtney -- who just found out she's already 13 weeks along, but the egg never made it out of her fallopian tube so she must choose to terminate the pregnancy or risk death from internal bleeding.

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So, you see, the truth is I'm pro-life  — pro-women’s-lives.

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And I am pro-liberty. 

In a republic, people must be allowed to have the privacy and independence to weigh the pros and cons of the decisions they must make themselves. Every decision regarding continuing or ending a pregnancy is a deeply, sometimes agonizingly, personal decision. Legislators have absolutely no business sticking their prying noses into that decision.

Only the woman (with whatever consultation SHE wishes) should make decisions regarding her body. 

(I copied some of the above from someone else’s post, edited it heavily to more clearly express my own opinions, and reposted it here. Feel free to copy and revise this as you like for your own use.)