Abortion should be completely legal in the United States.

When it comes to this subject, I always feel a little less Libertarian and a little more Republican. Technically I am both, but as of late I sometimes feel that I am an oxymoron. When it comes to life, I feel that our laws should never exert the capacity to take it away. It just feels wrong that government should have some say over life. What have government officials done to embody the ability to take...and give life? What makes me a little more Libertarian and a little less Republican is my feeling on the Death Penalty. I am against the act. And my opposition to abortion makes me feel consistent. But I do want to make it clear, my opposition to abortion is more than just being the term "Pro-Life" on all fronts. I think being anti-abortion is a necessary position in a free society that respects ones basic right to life. There are two arguments I usually hear from the Pro-Choice section of society. The first is that life does not begin at conception. The second is that it is a women's body and government does not belong there. I have thought the two positions over for a long time, but I have never been able to come to terms with them. In fact, I truly believe them both to be wrong. When it comes to that first part, I always think of the quote, "The acorn is the Oak Tree." What is the difference between us and our potential? Well, when you factor in time and change, that can be a lot. But without our initial self, our potential is nothing. Without the acorn, there is no Oak Tree. When it comes to conception I feel it must be guarded and kept sacred. Everyone who is alive today, is alive because at one point they were conceived. Without that conception they are nothing. Without conception, we are nothing. Conception is as important to my life as any of my vital organs. It if it is nothing, I am nothing. For this reason my heart and mind tell me that life truly begins at conception. Preserved, the world will be experienced by another life. And who is to determine who should and who should not experience life? In a truly free society, I believe that no one is that high in status to be able to say yea or nay. With this type of empowerment over life, any of our conceptions could have been nixed. Any of our lives could be taken away. We would be nothing and never have had a say on the matter. Everything you know and love wouldn't even be knowledge to your being. The second "Pro-Choice" argument I mentioned is another one I often hear. It is a women's body and government has no right in a women's body. That statement alone always makes me cringe a bit. That statement there never mentions the premise of life. If we are to be a society that promotes liberty-- which I am pretty sure we are-- then we need to protect life itself. So when it comes to personal space versus life, life should always win. We should never take life out of the picture for convenience. Never. Doing so would be looked down upon in any other situation. The other part of this argument is the thought that we would be forcing women to then live with the baby. It is in some "Pro-Choice" thought that we have no right to force a women to give birth and live with the existence of that child. Again, I acknowledge there is inconvenience in that situation, but does convenience supersede life? In an ethical, free society the answer is no. I am "Pro-Life" out of compassion, not out of any religious influence or demographic conformity. I do realize the pressures of having to take care of another life and am in no way down-playing the role of a parent. I just feel that life should be respected to the highest degree. I do realize there is a medical situation where an abortion can save a mother's life-- and this is the situation where it becomes okay to me. I do not argue against that situation. She has a right to life too. But as for abortion being completely legal, I oppose it. I think that if we are to ever regress and think about our conception (in a mature manner), we shouldn't have to feel lucky that we are alive.