Anyone with even a minimum level of intelligence is pro-life. We know that life will end sometime but most of us, except for the few ideologues that associate death with martyrdom, usually want to be around for as long as we can and with the persons and things we love.

All of us, as well, in the proper context are also pro-choice. We all want to exercise choice from various alternatives as God, our creator, gave us free will, and that included the responsibility and right to choose between good and evil.

Our Declaration of Independence clearly states “that all men are created equal, that the are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.

Taking these points into consideration it is apparent to me that abortion violates these basic principles. Much debate surrounds when life begins. Is it conception or brain activity or some other indicator? However, I believe, that there is complete agreement that with out external influences the probability of life at whatever definition will occur. This leads me to my view that abortion continues to be evil and as close to the definition of the premeditated taking of life, to state it in the proper context. Take the typical situation. A woman finds out she is pregnant, thinks about it, and most likely seeks counsel from, husband, family, clergy, friends and medical professionals, among others.

Based on this advice, she makes a premeditated choice to either have the baby or to abort the life that has already started developing in her and without the consent of the baby and proceeds to implement her choice. Regardless of choice it was clearly a premeditated decision.