Ban on Partial Birth Abortions

I'm very pleased to see that this practice has been banned. It might be understandable that an abortion to a few groups of cells is causing no harm, but partial birth abortions deal with nearly developed fetuses. When it comes to the debate of abortion, I often find myself leaning to the right, however, I can understand that such a solid "NO" answer can be devastating and dangerous. This is one of those things that are beyond acceptable. The belief that a fetus isn't a human until after it exits the womb is so black and white that it makes my head spin.

To me, the argument, "Its my body" has never made any sense to me since we are talking about an abortion, not a suicide. I am not my mother's body. The thing is, abortion is too often viewed as a get out of jail free card. A woman and a man get to fool around, act irresponsibly and only the fetus needs to pay the price. Well, to me, that is totally unfair.

So am I like all the other right wingers who think the practice should be banned across the board? No. I try to make a decision in the shoes of a loving father who's daughter has just become pregnant. I personally think that she should be responsible for her actions, but if she HAS to do it, I would rather it be done in the office of a well trained professional rather than risk her life trying to do it herself.

To me, there is no issue that is truly black and white. Often times, though I am a proud right winger, both the left and the right can be wrong by simplifying the issues.