Couple polls recently show a trend edging slightly toward a more conservative view on abortion in this country. Personally I'd like to see more than a weeks worth of polling to prove a trend; nonetheless, this is the first national poll to show a majority of Americans are pro-life.

Here's the problem with such data. It measures either pro-life or pro-choice but leaves out people like me who are neither. I'm personally opposed to abortion but believe Roe v. Wade should be left alone. I don't see that question being posed in either the Pew poll or the Gallup poll. I also don't think abortion should be used as birth control. But then again I've never been a knocked-up crack whore either so I'm not sure what I would do under those circumstances. And that's my point. Until you've walked in someone else's shoes keep your mouth shut.

Now let's look at the data that best shows my point of view on the subject. When you take the Gallup poll and look at people who believe abortion should be legal in some circumstances but not all (as close as you'll get to me with this data) you'll see that 74% think abortion should be a choice sometimes.

How is that possible? When asked the question do you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life, many people who think abortion should be legal sometimes consider themselves to be pro-life. In other words, a bunch of so-called pro-lifers are really not against abortion. Thus proving just how ridiculous labels are in politics.