You Can't Be Both?

The other day my husband and I were driving home from running errands and we were at a stoplight where we spotted a bumper sticker that struck up quite the conversation between us.  It said, "U Can't B Both:  Catholic and Pro-Choice".  Really?  We talked about it and looked at it from different points of view, but we still found ourselves appauled!  For me it was an insult to being an American, despite your religion.  And furthermore the freedom to just be human with your own thoughts and opinions about things.  Apparently not.  So if you're Catholic, which I am not, would you be ex-communicated if you voiced your opinion about being Pro-Choice?  Is your whole faith riding on that simple point?  Does the Catholic religion share this view of the bumper sticker?  OK, here comes the big question; why is this issue so important to people?  Now, think about it.  How does what a woman chooses to do with her body affect you?  Why does everyone need to have an opinion on this, much less why does the government have the right to toy with our bodies?  If it were men having abortions, would this still be an issue?  Probably not.  And I'm not riding on the high horse of feminism here, although I have strong feelings there.  No.  I'm just trying to figure out why everyone is in such an uproar over abortion!  I'm not saying that I condone abortion.  I don't think it should be a last resort form of contraception, but I surely don't believe that anyone should have the right to govern our bodies this way.  If scientists and doctors can't agree on when a fetus is considered a human being, then why is this such an issue.  There are cultures around the world where a baby isn't considered a human being until they're at least 2 years old!  Yes!  2 years old!

But I digress.  I guess to sum up my view, I believe abortion should be legal simply because whether or not it's legal, women will continue to get them.  I would rather have them legal where doctors have to follow regulations and perform them under the best conditions, rather than have a woman go to a butcher and suffer the loss of two lives (depending on whether you believe a 4 week old fetus is a human being).  It's simply too late to stop abortions altogether.  But for someone to tell me that I can't be one faith and believe in Pro-Choice (which stands for more than abortion), well, sorry God, but I'll choose Pro-Choice.