So I am not as much pro life as some of you. I used to be pro choice, however. That was probably because everyone in my circle was pro choice, and I am pro liberty. It feels like liberty to be pro choice.

I don’t know if I am ready to outlaw abortion. But I don’t want to pay for it, and don’t want to encourage it. Is that a compromise position that might be acceptable? I don’t know.

But what happened to me was my wife and I tried to have children and didn’t. So we went the medical route. That lead to IVF.

IVF has you looking at and closely paying attention to embryos. IVF is a technology that wouldn’t exist without some middle ground in the rules surrounding embryos. And I am grateful that this technology exists.

But the effort, expense, heart ache, suspense, and eventual success makes you appreciate children quite a lot. I have a very healthy 8 year old son that I love dearly. We did have a frozen embryo that we tried to have become a second child and it failed to become a pregnancy. All of these experiences together put such a value on children that I started considering myself pro life.

I see embryos as potential children and I see developing fetuses as children. I am not prepared to lock up doctors or parents for their abortions. But I fantasize about future technology that turns abortions into very early adoptions. Abortion as it exists today is the legacy of the eugenics movement. I am happy to align myself with people who are stronger pro life than I am. I understand and respect their position.

And as a Trump supporter, I am happy that Trump is pro life.