We always dance around the real issue in Abortion.

We argue about the nature of the fetus. Is it alive or not? We bring up issues of rape and incest, but this is all side-stepping.

The thing about abortion is that we have the prerogative to control our own output of children, regardless. It is a prerogative exercised throughout nature when animals are under stress or when food is scarce, but in a far more brutal way.

For some reason, we have convinced ourselves that all children are special and unique, but the fact is they're not. Most of them aren't even remotely interesting.

Who do you think all those people in traffic jams are?

"You could be aborting someone who will cure cancer!" some people say, but it's much more likely you are aborting a future serial killer.

But again, we dance around the truth: abortion is simply controlling our own output of children for whatever reason and regardless of the nature and meaning of those children. It is an activity that has always been carried out among humans and one that has always been carried out by other species as well, and it is not pretty.

Abortion should be made as rare as possible through education, contraception, and adoption, but even then unwanted pregnancies will happen. Thus abortions will happen, legal or not, whether you agree with them or not.

Part of being able to reproduce is being able to NOT reproduce. It's as simple as that.