Someone like me who is often subjected to invective like that above from people who like rhetoric more than a genuine discussion. I've racked my mind for a simple solution to the abortion question, and there isn't any. On the one hand, I do empathize with the desire to have control over one's body. However, I also have this religious belief that life is sacred, and my ethical concerns regarding the practice of abortion. In the end, I decided that I am, in fact, pro-life in most situations. That is to say, I don't believe someone should be able to get an abortion on demand. Valid reasons for abortion include: rape, incest, and an immediate threat posed by the pregnancy to the health of the mother (ectopic pregnancy, for example). Valid reasons for abortion do not include: "I don't particularly want a baby right now", and "it was an accident." I hate to say it, but you knew the risks. You decided it was an acceptable risk to have sex, and you got burned. That doesn't give you the right to take it out on your unborn child.