So here is what someone close to me says about my Palin abortion blog...


"I always seem to end up contradicting myself when this subject comes up in conversation...it's one of the most difficult subjects to separate from...do we lead with our hearts? or our heads? my head tells me that a woman's right to an abortion is sacred...it is her decision to determine where her life will go...and whether or not a baby "fits" into her plans. however...i have had three babies...all beautiful sons...and the thought of aborting any one of them keeps me from jumping into this debate with a whole heart. abortion should NOT be used as a method of birth control...of that i am sure. should a woman think first before getting pregnant? of course...but that just is not real life in many many instances. two of my children were NOT planned. interestingly, the one pregnancy that WAS planned occured at a difficult time in my marriage...and for a short time, i did think of terminating it. i didn't...and my choice has never been "second-guessed"...i made the right decision...then...and now. sarah palin's conviction regarding abortion is predicated on a RELIGIOUS belief that life begins at conception. yes...i believe that too...but my thoughts around "life" differ from hers in that i believe that the life we're talking about is in the embrionic phase...it is a life that cannot sustain itself outside the mother's uterus...and thus, is not "equal" in value to the life of the woman carrying that embryo. we have, on one hand, a complete woman...mature & adult (in the physical sense). and we then have an embryo...clinging to its mother's womb for sustanence. does it have a "soul?" i don't know. but does the WOMAN have a "soul?" surely she does. scientifically, the cluster of cells making up the embryo is NOT a human being...but is the beginning of a human being...just as the cluster of cells making up the pollywog is the BEGINNING of a frog. might i add that the two clusters of cells, when compared in structures, are much alike at the early stages of development. so...when should abortion be denied to a woman? that is a very subjective argument...one of opinion...and not easily argued. my opinion? no abortions after the first trimester...period. why? at that point, it is possibile to identify the fetus...as a male or female...it is possible to detect a definite heartbeat...it is possible that the fetus "feels" pain or discomfort...it reacts to stimulus. at that point, my emotions tell me that there is BABY there...not just a gathering of developing cells.a contradiction...don't you agree? but life is like that. there are so many times when we think one thing...and do another. and it is never easy to make decisions of this sort. but i do think that the decisions regarding abortion should NOT be made by old men sitting on high benches dressed in black robes...they have no idea what they are doing. each woman must be able to determine FOR HERSELF what her life will be...and where her destiny will take her."

I thank them for thier comments....now what do you all think?