Imagine, you're a senior in high school, or even in college for that matter, you're just about to start your adult life and career and be on your own for the first time. Just days before graduation you find out you're pregnant.

What would you do?

I have never personally been in this situation, but I am 99.9% sure I would keep my baby. I love children and have always wanted to be a mother. I have worked in a nursery and babysat for many years. I and have always wanted to be a mother. This is not the case for every woman. I could never see myself wanting to get an abortion, but that doesn't mean I should try to stop others from choosing to do so.

As I have grown older and wiser over the years, my position on the issue of abortion has switched multiple times. I was first introduced to it in the seventh grade when my youth group served at a very vocally pro-life, anti-Planned Parenthood women's health company. At the time, we did not realize how massive of an issue this was, or how inappropriate it was for them to be speaking like this to twelve-year-olds who didn't fully understand the issue.

Because, yes, Planned Parenthood does provide abortions, birth control, and the morning-after pill. But it also provides STD tests, pregnancy tests, LGBT services, education, general health care, and even men's services. It was extremely unfair of the company we served at to put their bias on children (even if we were from a church) when Planned Parenthood also provides some of the same beneficial services that they do.

Personally, I don't like the idea of killing babies, or that abortion can potentially be used as a form of birth control. But there are way too many complications and different situations for anyone to be 100% pro-life or 100% pro-choice.

What if the woman was raped? She didn't make the choice to have sex, so she should not have to deal with its consequences and become a mother if she chooses not to.

What if the mother will die if she does go through with the pregnancy?

What if the fetus has a health concern and will not make it to birth, or will only have a short life, lived in the confinement of a hospital?

What if the woman made a mistake, had unprotected sex, and does not wish to be a mother? She may get an abortion anyway even if they are made illegal, which is much more dangerous.

I am pro-choice, but that doesn't necessarily mean I am pro-abortion.

Just because I would not go through with an abortion, who am I to judge someone else who has considered all their options and thought it through, has their heart set on it, and is prepared to face its consequences? I am not in their shoes and I don't know their situation or reasoning for making their choice, so why should I try to make that choice for them?