I'd like to speak to the choice issue, as this is one point on which I disagree with RP, I do NOT believe that "life" begins at conception, because I, personally, do not value a clump of cells. I don't even value the zygote, or the embryo during those first 3 months of gestation. Yep, you read that right.

In any event, what many fail to understand is that within RP's paradigm the citizens of each state are free to decide how much "choice" they will allow a woman over her reproductive system. That's how I make peace with this fundamental disagreement between myself and RP. I also understand that as an OB/GYN he almost necessarily has a different viewpoint, I just wish that my boys' first pediatrician was still alive, he was STAUNCHLY pro-choice, STAUNCHLY. How would a pediatrician have a viewpoint almost diametrically opposed to the guy who only takes care of the birth mother? I don't know, but it fascinates me.

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