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There is no universal bad option. But for each individual there is an option that is the least bad. Here is why I am pro-choice. If someone has to make a decision and the best they\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51220,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/21\/when-abortion-gets-personal.html","url_meta":{"origin":29922,"position":1},"title":"When abortion gets personal","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 21-May-15 7:51am","format":false,"excerpt":"When the abstract becomes the personal, principles sometimes get ... flexible.That said, it's not just hypocrisy, and it's not just from the Pro-Life side (though that's galling in its own way). As http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/06\/upshot\/candidates-disagree-on-abortion-but-public-is-in-surprising-harmony.html noted just a few weeks ago, when you get beyond high-level \"Is abortion right or wrong,\" and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23152,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/23\/unblogged-bits-sun-23-oct-11-1130.html","url_meta":{"origin":29922,"position":2},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Sun. 23-Oct-11 1130)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 23-Oct-11 11:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... 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In it, life is often deemed to begin upon taking breath;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29921,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/21\/abortion-is-a-non-trivial-decision.html","url_meta":{"origin":29922,"position":4},"title":"Abortion is a non-trivial decision","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 21-Aug-12 10:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I am pro-choice. I don't know anyone who is \"pro-abortion\" per se, because abortion is not a trivial decision. But it's a decision I refuse to second-guess the people most intimately involved in it, because they are walking down a path I cannot. 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