Pro-Life or Pro-Choice that is the question. Further this is a question that has resulted in much controversy, debate, and arguments. This is one of the most heated ethical, philosophical, and theological debates of the day.  So how do we answer this question and how do we respond to this question?  With this debate questions of euthanasia or assisted suicide have many of the same arguments.

One of the central questions that is argued and asked is when does life begin. Does it begin at conception or does it begin at birth or does it begin somewhere along the 9 months of pregnancy? Articles upon articles have been written about this question and judicial court battles have raged for decades about this question. Each ‘side’ parade their experts with their opinions, yet I argue that this isn’t the central question. The central question is Life or Choice.

To argue around and around about the question of when life begins is to simply justify one’s position and to make one feel better about their position. For instance, if that ‘embryo’ is not a life then we are justified to dispel of that ‘embryo’. We have justified our position by saying since it is not a life it does not matter if it is destroyed or not, besides it is just an embryo and not a living, breathing, rational person. We also make ourselves feel better by calling ‘it’ an embryo and not a life. If we were to destroy an innocent and helpless life that would make us a monster on the scale of cold-blooded killer or worse. 

So the question is Life or the Choice of Life.

On Sunday I will continue this discussion.

What do you think? Is the question of when life begins a legitimate question or just a way to  rationalize?  If you think it is a legitimate question when do you think life begins?