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Chinese Dragon, looking back at my post, I think I could have said what I wanted to say a little more sensitively. I definitely agree that you are not an average 15 year old boy. I think that pretty much everyone gets heated up on this topic, so your zeal is not really the issue to me. I meant to make clear that I was of exactly the same mind as you at your age and argued just as ardently. I think it's always hard for me to listen to a guy's opinion on something related to pregnancy and childbirth because of his total lack of ability to fully understand it...but THAT IS MY PROBLEM, NOT YOURS (I am shouting at myself). I did not mean to say your opinion was invalid at all. I apologize if I came across as condescending. It's something I need to work on.

I am opposed to abortion in the sense that I don't like it, I would never do it and it hurts me to think of babies dying. I do believe that life begins at conception, a major hold-over from my early indoctination but something I have also questioned for myself and still believe. I still believe in choice since I wouldn't want the government to legislate the things I choose to do, but I also would do whatever I could to lessen the need. It's a fine line to walk, at least for me.