when I first started at this forum, and up until about 4 months ago, I hardly EVER came to this part of the forum, because everytime I read anything I'd get so mad. I was a pro-lifer and if I found out you had had an abortion or thought about it or anything my view of you changed completely. I always said "the only choice a woman has is which birth control to use" instead of "it's my body, my choice" which, now as i read that, I realize that it sounds completely dumb.

But I stuck around and listened to what people had to say and now I realize that I was only looking at one side of the story. I see now that if we didn't have abortions that we'd have... 6000 babies every year, if women couldn't have abortions and were forced to carry their babies to term (because they were too scared to tell their parents, ect.) there would be more babies left to die in a dumpster or an alley, look how many there are now, and imagine how many times it would happen if abortion werent possible.

I am pro life for myself, but pro choice for others. I don't really want it, but I realize that in some ways there are more pros than cons.

I've changed alot of my opinions on abortion btu i can't say i am 100% pro-choice or 100% pro-life, i float somewhere in the middle if that makes any sense? I agree with some pro-life statements and i agree with some pro-choice statements. other people can do what they want with their bodies, as long as i'm happy with what i do with mine that's all that matters

I was prolife when I was younger.

Then I grew up.

changing to pro-choice?.... NEVER!!

Feels nice to be back..my computer got screwed up so I had no internet for all week nights? it was awful!! LOL

I wondered where you were. I figured you were busy weddin' plannin'.

I was always pro-choice. When I was eleven, about two months before I got my first menstrual period, my mother sat me down and gave me the talk. Once I discovered the reality of having sex and the responsibilities that come with it and pregnancy and what it means for a woman's body-I decided I didn't want to have sex for a long time. But should I ever become pregnant, I'd get an abortion. I was quite young when I became pro-choice. My stance has never wavered. Even with all of the baby-fever my husband and I have. A lot of people say that once you have children, you will be pro-life, but I am sure that I will not.

My mother and sister-in-law, however, were both pro-lifers and changed sides of the debate.

omg yeah that was a problem too. Imagine so many things I need to buy online and couldn't do anything..but finally I have internet back

I've been pro-choice since before I started having sex as well. I think since I was about 13 or 14, when I first heard of abortion. It just made so much sense to me... a woman is pregnant, and doesn't want to be... I'd known for years about the developmental stages of pregnancy, so it's not like I was uninformed. I think my education actually was actually part of what helped me come to my pro-choice stance.

shocker here.
I have always been pro-life.
Always will.

The comment made about more back-alley abortions would be made and more babies would be found in dumpsters; does that make it right?
Just because some may do it; doesnt justify an evil.
Should we make all drugs legal because some will do it anyway? And with it being illegal, there is more crime (robberys,theft). We all no that that would be nonsense.
Fact is yes we would find more babies in dumpsters. But I doubt we would find 1.3 million babies a year in a dumpster.

no, of course it doesn't make it right, but would you like to see a dead baby in a dumpster rather than hear about abortion? i would much rather hear about abortion.

No, what makes it right is that sometimes abortion is the best decision to be made, regardless of your opinions, your feelings, or your religious beliefs.

Back to the original topic......

I was pro-life when I was a child.

Then I became more educated (in highschool).

Then I was pro-life for me, pro-choice for others.

Then I became more educated (in university) about pregnancy, gestation, and abortion methods.

Now I am pro-choice for myself as well as others.

So yeah, I changed sides and that change was due to education.

I heavily believe that education and the willingness to accept that education is what really changes most people's opinions.

Sounds as though you are insinuating that stupid uneducated people are pro-life.

I am also educated and have a degree from PennState University.
I have had human physiology courses even though I was in engineering.
And am still 100% Pro-life.
After taking physiology(and being in the top  of my class), I am more than ever pro-life. The fetus is beyond a doubt 0 human. And deserves a chance at life.

Education means nothing when it comes to views on abortion.

I haven't changed sides really, but I have opened my eyes a lot. I have always been pro-life for myself, and I have always been pro-choice for anyone else. How can I tell someone what to do with their body. I wouldn't like it if someone told me that I should do something just because they feel that it is the right thing to do.
When I say that I have always been pro-life for myself I say that, but if it came down to it, I don't know what I would do. Right now, I obviously would keep the baby seeing as though I am married and ttc. I often thought about what would I have done if I got pregnant at 16 when I lost my virginity. Or what if I got pregnant because of a rape. I think that I would have kept it if I got pregnant at 16, but if I was raped, I don't really think that I could have kept it.
So I don't know where this is going, but I just wanted to say that most of the topics on abortion have enlightened me to the options women have.

Pieces of paper that you paid for have little to do with education.

Let's think about this, If you had a dead fetus in you that would not come out on it's own, wouldn't you want to abort it? A friend of the family at the time when abortion was illegal became pregnant and seriously needed an abortion and no dr would give her one being afraid that they could get in serious trouble for aborting the fetus including the back alley abortionist, she died due to this because she got an infection and ended up bleeding- out. two weeks after her death the system finally gave her the go-ahead on the abortion, even the morgue said that if she was given the abortion in the beginning, she would have lived. I felt at one time in my life that I was pro-life but after my education(and I am not talking about going to college as I have been there too) I am talking about real education, learning about the real world and how it is I am glad we have a choice of continuing on with the pregnancy, terminating the pregnancy, placing it for adoption, to me, that is what choice is and is all about. I have seen too many abused and neglected children, I again feel there should be a choice and you should not have to go through all of the red-tape stuff whether it is medical or just by choice to have an abortion. Yes, your choices should be explained to you. All the best to you and your choices!

If you look at it from a regional perspective, it's true.

Growing up i was Pro-Choice. But knowing what i know now, and didn't know then i would have to say for MYself i am pro-life, and would be pro-choice for others. I wouldn't look down on anyone choosing abortion. Number one because i had one at 18. But to this day i would not have one again. But i would make sure i wouldn't be in that situation again.