Abortion is one of those topics that everyone avoids. It's dark. It's religious. It's controversial. And someone will always get offended, no matter what.

Brace yourself. I'm about to talk about it.

On one side, you have the pro-lifers. People who identify as pro-life generally say that abortion is immoral, often using religion as their reasoning. They say that life is precious, and depending on which pro-lifer you're talking to, they could have different ideas of what constitutes as "life," whether that is a fertilized egg or an embryo at varying stages of development.

On the other side, you have pro-choicers. These people typically use women's rights as their reasoning, saying that no one should have the right to have control over a woman's body. They say that pro-lifers are using religion to mask their misogynistic ways of thinking.

I hate these labels. People assume things about both of these groups.

I live in Northwest Ohio, which is mostly conservative. I always drive past at least a dozen of those signs that say "Pray To End Abortion" every time I go driving.

Here's the thing: I classify myself as pro-choice. This is not the same thing as pro-abortion.

Abortion sucks. I don't think anyone would disagree with that. It's not a decision that is easily made. It's a decision that is made by desperate women with no other options. It's a decision that could be avoided if we stepped up as a society and showed support for women with unplanned pregnancies, or better yet, took steps to avoid unplanned pregnancies in the first place.

Women who go through abortions suffer too.

So, yes, I pray to end abortion. I pray that someday we live in a society that doesn't give dirty looks to young mothers in the grocery store. I pray that someday men are held just as accountable as women for unplanned pregnancies. I pray that someday we offer some emotional and financial support to women who choose to keep their babies. I pray that someday we give our young men and women sex education that isn't based around abstinence so that they have the knowledge to avoid an unplanned pregnancy. I pray that we stop shaming women to the point that they feel they have no other options, then shame them when they make that decision.

I am pro-choice because a woman's body is hers, no one else's. But I pray to end abortion, because no woman should have to make that decision.