User blog comment:Mrdaimion/Serious Sam Issue 1 - Abortion/@comment-1956487-20120205035913

Before I give my peace, I'll say that I don't really think this is a great idea. Someone is definitely going to offend someone else. However, I'll be optimistic and share my opinion.

I'm pro-choice. It's an easy decision for me because it really boils down to one thing: a woman's choice. A woman's body is her own, and I think it's awful that men think they can tell women what they can and cannot do with their bodies. As taxing as an abortion can be for a man to deal with, it is 100 times more taxing for a woman to have to make that decision after knowing that a potential life is growing inside her. Feminists like Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan fought for and continue to fight for a woman's right to choose when it comes to an issue most relevant to her, not to men.

In addition, I believe that to be pro-life is to disagree with abortion in every case, including cases of rape. This is something I absolutely do not agree with, at all. A teenage girl shouldn't be forced to become a mother because some creepy man decided to sexually assault her. However, pro-lifers would argue that yes, she should. Because all life is sacred. Mind you, there isn't any brain activity in a fetus for at least the first trimester of a pregnancy and possibly into the third, so technically a fetus is not actually a "person" per se. Having said that, early term abortion does not constitute murder because murder implies the taking of a human life, which a fetus does not yet have. It simply does not count as murder if you look at it from a scientific standpoint and not from a religious or moralistic one.

I'm a very logical and straightforward thinker, so my beliefs basically coincide with how my thought process works. I wonder if people were waiting to see what I'd say about this..? My profile page is all about how opinionated I am. XD