Has anyone changed stances on Abortion, either for or against?

[Joe S]

I used to be staunchly anti-abortion. While I am still pro-life in the sense that I value all life, I have dropped my anti-abortion stance. I am pro-choice in that I believe that a woman's right to own her body trumps any rights we wish to grant to the unborn child within her. However, I believe that we should address unwanted pregnancy in personal one-by-one cases. If I knew a woman considering an abortion, I would urge her to allow her child to live. I would quickly learn how much compassion and support that I would need to give in order to help her make a difficult decision.

I have adopted this stance because of a developing political philosophy of liberty. I believe that all people own themselves and that many wrongs in society are acts by some group to claim ownership over others. Abortion is complicated subject since it involves conflicting rights between the mother and the unborn child. My stance on it is an attempt to honor both sets of rights while doing so via voluntary means that, I hope, would be less likely to have unintended consequences.