Never an Easy Choice. Sometimes the Best Choice. Always a Woman's Choice.

Being pro-choice or pro-life is never an easy decision. I've struggled with whether or not to be pro-choice for awhile, and while in my Senior Seminar in Legal Foundations I found my belief.

I am pro-choice, I also feel being so does mean I am not pro-life. I am both. I am not pro-abortion. It is a difficult procedure, a life changing procedure, but ultimately, it is a woman's choice.

In my Seminar I had the opportunity to read feminist perspectives on jurisprudence. In not so many words, unwanted pregnancy could be seen as a parasite living in her body--it would be an unwanted living thing. Choosing whether or not to have an abortion or when life is a religious question and making laws dependent on them is entangling religion and the state.

Using privacy to keep abortion legal is a patriarchal guise. Pro-choice isn't about privacy, it's about a woman's body. Below is the President's view on a woman's right to choose;

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release January 22, 2009

Statement of President Obama on the 36th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women's health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman's right to choose.

While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue, no matter what our views, we are united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, and support women and families in the choices they make. To accomplish these goals, we must work to find common ground to expand access to affordable contraception, accurate health information, and preventative services.

On this anniversary, we must also recommit ourselves more broadly to ensuring that our daughters have the same rights and opportunities as our sons: the chance to attain a world-class education; to have fulfilling careers in any industry; to be treated fairly and paid equally for their work; and to have no limits on their dreams. That is what I want for women everywhere.

THE WHITE HOUSE, January 22, 2009.