I am very strong in my pro-life beliefs, believing abortion should be reserved only for cases where the mother’s life is at risk and not really being sure what I would do if I were in a situation where my daughter or daughter in law had to abort due to a life-threatening condition brought on by a pregnancy.

I believe in the sanctity of life, and I believe it does not stop at birth. I believe we have an obligation to see to it those children are properly cared for in all ways and not abandon them after they have been born simply so we can say we saved them from the abortionist.

This is why I am disturbed by this report. (Free registration required.)

WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Edwards said Tuesday that her husband’s health-care plan would provide insurance coverage of abortion.

Speaking on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards before the family planning and abortion-rights group Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Edwards lauded her husband’s health-care proposal as “a true universal health-care plan” that would cover “all reproductive health services, including pregnancy termination,” referring to abortion.

Obama, who earlier gained the endorsement of Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty, offered the group a vision of equal opportunity for women, tying a call for improved access to contraceptives for low-income women with a call for an “updated social contract” that includes paid maternity leave and expanded school hours.

Asked about his proposal for expanded access to health insurance, Obama said it would cover “reproductive-health services.” Contacted afterward, an Obama spokesman said that included abortions.

I do not want my tax money to go to kill unborn babies. Abortion should be very rare if used to protect the life of the mother. Unfortunately, it seems to be a form of birth control for some.

Now, some will argue they don’t want to have their taxes spent on a war they disagree with. That’s fine, but the Constitution says we are to provide for our defense and I guess that’s up for interpretation for those people.

There is no section of the Constitution that states it is OK to kill an unborn child, and I’m sure abortions were happening during the founding of our country.

The Supreme Court had to stretch to justify abortion by saying it was a right of privacy.

This is why I consider my vote to be very important. I must stand for certain things and other things I can be a compromiser. Abortion is one of those things for which I cannot compromise.

For what Mrs. Edwards has said on behalf of her husband and what Senator Obama has said about providing for federally funded abortion on demand, I could never vote for either man even if I were of their party and agreed with everything else they say.

I know Rudy Giuliani is pro-choice, but I haven’t seen anything from him yet that states he would sponsor legislation to provide universal health care that would provide for abortion on demand.

If a little girl is raped and becomes pregnant or becomes pregnant due to incest I have a moral problem with what to do. I can’t make a statement about what I would do because I have never been in that situation, but I would hate for her to have to go through childbirth. At the same time, she has already learned, unfortunately, about the reproductive system. It’s not her fault, and I am really conflicted over this. In a case like this I think I would lean ever so slightly in favor of abortion if that’s what the girl and her parents want. She shouldn’t have to carry the extra emotional burden.