I don't know most pro-choicers so I can't argue with that. I would imagine you do know them, to make assertions on their behalf.

I am pro-choice. And I can guarantee you right this minute without brooking a single argument from you that there is no way on this good green earth that you will not consider your unborn foetus a child before it's born. It's a weird thing to explain, and I a) would not have believed it until it happened to me, and b) cannot possibly explain it to you in a way that you will believe, but I know this beyond any shadow of a doubt that when you are pregnant you will look back on this conversation and go `right, I know what she was talking about'.

Everything about your outlook in life changes when you are pregnant. Not straight away - it's not an instant thing. But it does and will change. I know this also because I was much like you before I fell pregnant, and a lot of what you are saying is stuff I would have agreed with more before I fell pregnant. Now it seems absurd to me because of those reasons I just can't explain.

All I can say is wait. You are sure of your feelings now - I know you are. But they will change. Sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow, they will. And that's nothing to be ashamed of, either.

You might very well still be pro choice. I am. But your feelings about foetuses and their status will shift dramatically. I would put my house on it.

__________________
We've got rules and maps and guns in our backs, but we still can't just behave ourselves. Even if to save our own lives, we are a brutal kind. The Shins