[Whit]

Far be it from me to impose my beliefs on my body. THAT’S NOT WHAT I WISH TO DO! Your body doesn’t enter into the equation!

     It doesn't? Huh, I thought the child grows in, is proctected by and nourishes off the mothers body. Go figure.

As soon as you accept the fact that the fetus is a human, the rights of the mother to mess about with her body absolutely pale into oblivion relative to the right of the child to live! So many of the whole pro-life/pro-abortion skirmishes become moot when you realize that its not a matter of the mother’s life, its a matter of the child’s life.

     Ah, so this is a fact now? I'm glad to know it and here every other person on the thread has thought it was an opinion. Including those that were pro-life. Care to share your sources?

For nine months, the mother will have to literally carry around a reminder of a traumatic event. I do not envy this burden.

     Oh yeah, that's right, it only last's nine month's. Odd thing though, the two pregnancies I've caused created these things called children. They've both far outlasted the 'nine month reminder period'. (And I'm quite thankful for it.)

Once again, this is a non question. Would you kill another individual to avoid that burden?

Sure would, I hear killing the rapist can help. I'm willing to put down ANY rapist. I also can understand a woman wanting to destroy a handful of healthy cells that are living off her body. (Notice I said woman, I'll come back to that.)

. I believe that pregnancy is not just an avoidable nine-month hassle that women are unfortunately shackled with.

     I agree with that. It's not just an avoidable nine-month hassle. It's much more than that. But that doesn't mean that it isn't an avoidable nine month hassle.

It is part of our nature that we must realize is the beginning of a living being from the moment that being is conceived.

     So we must realize this, eh? Darn and I thought I was free to have a differing opinion. I already asked for your source so I'll drop this here.

     Now, on to what I said I'd get back to. One thing we have in common is that we are both men. As such this is nothing but a hypothetical discussion. We cannot be pregnant. So no matter what either of us say we can never know exactly how we would feel in this situation. As such I've tried to express my opinions from that view point. However as soon as I know why I "must realize" what you say I'll be happy to tell women that they have no rights with regard to what is happening inside their own body's.

     Oh yeah, and welcome to the Celler. I'm pretty new here myself, it's a great place and the people are pretty cool. Well, as long as you don't demand they think like you do they are anyway...