Thoughts on Abortion: Part 1 (maybe?)
I have had, over my years, many thoughts on the topic of the termination of pregnancy. I find there to be much nuance and even more importance to the topic. First I want to say, as a "straight white male" I have been charged with having no say in the matter by many who subscribe to an overbearing liberal or progressive point of view. I want to ignore such an objection for the moment as I will tackle this in a paragraph to follow. For now, I'd like to make clear that I grew up in a conservative household and so I am most well versed in the conservative, and more clearly that of the religious conservative, opinion on the matter. I intend to, over the course of however many blogs are necessary, to go through as many justifications as I can imagine for the two common positions, while also exploring the nuances at play in each opinion; namely the pro-choice and pro-life positions. In this blog I've endeavored to avoid using some controversial language as far as possible. I