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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I firmly believe in the right to keep and bear arms, although I would never allow a gun in my house.

What is the inherent conflict in this statement?  None.  [/quote]

Because you see nothing immoral about bearing arms. You simply choose not to have a gun.  The reason people say I would never have an abortion is because they view it as killing a baby.  [b]How can you see it as killing a baby, but be pro-choice about it?[/b][/quote]YouERe inferring a lot there.  Many people are personally uncertain about what a fetus is,  and are willing to let each mother choose. Others might feel that they would protect potential persons even of it isn't murder, because adoption isn't so bad to them. Others might hold one intellectual position but recognize their emotional side is in conflict. To many people a fetus is not a person but it is not completely insignificant either.

Being pro-choice is about supporting the right. And t[b]here are a range of positions on either side[/b]. It's best not to look for validation of one specific belief. If for expletive you look at the stats on people who support abortion as an alternative  form of birth control, the numbers decline precipitously. And if you look at the stats on support for abortion in the case of rape, incest the numbers go way up.[b]There are not two philosophically coherent camps.[/b] [/quote]

This is quite an interesting observation, and one I wish more people on both sides of the abortion debate realized.  There does seem to be a lot of overlap in what both pro-choicers and pro-lifers believe.  I myself am pro-choice, although admittedly I do struggle with abortion as a moral issue.  My best friend is pro-life.  We have had many heart-to-heart conversations about abortion and our personal beliefs about abortion are basically identical.  Even though she is pro-life, she does not view abortion as murder; and although I am pro-choice I do see an inherent value in the life of a fetus.  The two sides are not as polarized as it commonly made out to be.[/quote]

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