I sort of avoid this topic because it is so sensitive and there are strong views on each side, but SB & Apple struck a chord of understanding in me.

This is one issue where I find myself on the "conservative" side, believe it or not. I always consider myself pro-life. IMO, abortion should not be used as birth control, and performed simply to "get rid" of a pregnancy of inconvenience.

On the other hand, I too am a "attempted" rape survivor being attacked by two men when I was twenty years old. (I don't want to relive the details here, but trust me when I say that pregnancy was a possibility, although very remote.) During that heartwrenching time, I thought of nothing else except reliving that horror and asking "what if I am pregnant"

While pregnancy never occurred thankfully, I had decided that I could "not" have an abortion, had that turned out to be the case. Had it happened, and I did get pregnant, I don't know if I would have changed my mind. I can only say I gave it serious thought.

That being said, I can "understand" in rape/incest why a woman would have an abortion. So, does that still make me pro-life? It does kind of make sense that how can you say x, y & z are ok, but not abc. It's still life inside of you.

Just a side note...fetus, baby?? I don't know. However, when I saw my grandughters' sonogram with arms/legs and movement, it is a baby to me.

I hope I'm not sorry for giving even this much out of my personal life, but something told me to weigh in.

TIS