Choices, Choices...

My wife Heather was telling me about her younger brother Jerry's experience in his public speaking class lately. He apparently commented on a fellow student's speech about being "pro-choice", and then immediately found that he was the only one in the class, teacher included, who was pro-life.

That got me thinking about the whole argument over abortion, and the "right" to choose, or the "right" to life. Being pro-life doesn't mean I am against choice, on the contrary, I love having choices, but I understand consequences and responsibilities. I can get pretty fired up over this whole banking/auto industry bailout, and that is something that is affecting everyone right now. Those CEOs made choices along the way, that they probably shouldn't have made, and that lead to the downfall of the financial kingdom. The consequences of their actions and decisions affect a greater number of people than just their company. Likewise, the "consequences" of sex is pregnancy. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't, but it's still a choice that has clear, and natural consequences. Once the choice for consensual sex is made, that's where I stop being pro-choice.

Now, some people will rebuttal that previous statement with the "what about rape and incest?" question. Why would someone even ask that question? Are they trying to get me to say that I support the killing of any baby? I don't see the motivation. To that, I simply say this: "How dare you try to justify the killing of innocent people."

We are talking about life and death. Yes, the consequences of rape and incest sometimes result in a pregnancy, but why should the baby have to pay for the crime of someone else?