I am outing myself as no longer being "Pro-Choice" [View All]

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I used to be Pro-Choice, but recently my lover changed the way I saw things, but I am not Pro-Life in the way that Tom DeLay and Jerry Falwell are "Pro-Life".

Until recently, I had been the same as the average Liberal or Progressive. The reason I had supported abortion was mainly for empowerment of women and for economic equality. Interestingly enough, I changed for the same reasons.

My lover, she is a Muslim. She is also Liberal when it comes to the issues. My favorite thing about her politically is that she supports GLBT rights and has even said it was sad that the state we live in does not allow for gays to get married. The only exception to her Liberal views are that on abortion.

I thought about this for a long time. I temporarily became "Pro-Life", and then I realized that I would and could NEVER fit in with the "Pro-Life" crowd. I am a Socialist, and the average Pro-Lifer's "concern" about life from conception to birth disgusted me, and I even find it evil when it comes to their lack of concern after the baby is born.

So, I am creating a new force in the abortion debate. I call it "Real Pro-Life".

If Real Pro-Life had it's way, would abortion be banned?

Not at all.

Instead of focusing on banning abortion, Real Pro-Life seeks to find the reasons when it comes to abortion. If abortion was made unnecessary, it would not be needed, and thus they would drastically decrease.

I am actually writing a manifesto which puts these beliefs in greater detail.

"Instead of seeking an Authoritarian and Counter-Productive ban, we seek to attack the root cause of abortion, the reason(s) why women want and need to have an abortion in the first place, and thus remove the economic and social strain when it comes to having a baby."
- The Real Pro-Life Manifesto

Real Pro-Life also seeks to take "Pro-Life" to a whole new level, by expanding social programs and health care to those who can not afford them, along with other things as well, for Life does not end at birth.

My beliefs have changed a little bit, but I think that "Real Pro-Life" is a new way to "help those who can not help themselves", and I know that is a belief that we all share on DU.