I think that just because someone is politically pro-choice, it doesn't mean that they believe in abortion for themselves. I think that the conversation you had with your kids made it seem as though all pro-choicers don't think the fetus is alive, and would themselves abort if it wasn't the right time for them or if they had a downs baby. I just don't think that is true. I'm pro-choice, but that is not because I would ever abort a child. It's because I firmly believe that giving a fetus any civil rights is a very dangerous thing. If a fetus has rights, then the woman's rights can be legally trampled on when she is pregnant, in labor, or giving birth. This already happens in fact, and giving the fetus any more rights than it already has is a very dangerous thing for women giving birth. Also, the way politics is set up, it seems that I have to choose between anti-war, pro-environment, pro-choice, and pro-war, anti-environment, pro-life. I don't understand why they are always grouped together in this way, but they are, and instead of being able to vote on the issues individually, I'm forced to vote on the issues lumped together. To me, aside from the reason above, I can't in good conscience vote pro-life when that ticket also is pro-war and anti-environment. It seems more logical (and perhaps more moral?) that saving people's lives who are already here take priority over saving lives that haven't been born yet. So, due to those reasons, I have to vote pro-choice. It doesn't mean that I don't think an unborn baby isn't a person, or that I would ever abort a downs baby, or even the product of a rape. I think there is so much context to all of this that your kids are just too young to get, and the only way to explain it makes pro-choicers sound like horrible people. But you don't want them to meet one some day and have them thinking that that person must believe in abortion and has probably even had one. That's not always true.