I have never seen so many pro-life and pro-choice posts in all my life as i have in the past two or three weeks. Honestly, I am pretty sure that most people have problems with abortion, because most of the people I have discussed the topic with cannot personally agree with it even if they do support the practice. There is, in my opinion, no defensible reason to make the practice illegal, because legislating morality is a task that no one in their right mind would consider to be possible (sorry idealists). So if you happen to find yourself in the pro-life camp, I would like to ask how many of you are reaching out to the people considering abortion and offering assistance or adoption or any number of things you could be offering? If you are pro-choice, I don't see how you can rationalize that with other positions that are typically held within liberal camps like equal treatment for all, or being against the death penalty, or any number of things that are within the liberal platform that are seemingly contradictory to the opinions presented within the pro life position.

But every time I discuss either side, I need an explanation of how each side is so misguided of their own opinions and how they mesh with their other opinions, because I cannot see how you value a fetus but are pro-death penalty or you devalue a fetus and value the life of a criminal over what many would consider a just punishment. I am not expecting answers to all these questions, but you can't go through life without having to defend your position with rational arguments. And no, getting mad and yelling or name calling or any number of emotional responses are not acceptable for this task. You have to be able to intelligently respond to opposing points and convince people that you are right. You cannot persuade people while you are berating them. Present your opinion, then defend it. Don't get pissy if they don't agree, you cannot get caught up in attempting to fix everyone's opinion. But if you cannot defend something, you are not in a position that you can discuss it publicly (and yes, that includes Facebook). So go out there and present how you feel to the world, but only if you can defend your opinion of the truth without being a prick about it.