http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/clare-burns/ Clare was born and raised in Melbourne, went to an all girls Catholic high school and studied Theatre and English at La Trobe uni. She backpacked for a year and a half after finishing university, and whilst on the road realised that she actually couldn’t be bothered with the pretention of theatre and decided to try and live a life that made a difference to the world. So upon returning to Australia at the end of 2008, she joined the Labor party and began volunteering and became involved in a large scale arts project with asylum seekers. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Choosing-what-is-life-in-the-abortion-debate/ I often ask myself why I am pro-choice, why I feel it is ok for a woman to terminate a living, growing being that is inside her, yet I am inherently against murder, against capital punishment and the right of the state to take away the life of another. I toss the arguments over and over in my mind, trying to find the loophole that will confirm I am not a hypocrite, that my thoughts and feelings stem from solid reason, not from emotion and sentiment. It is still difficult for me to put my finger on exactly why I feel that murder, by person or by state, is heinous, yet think that abortion should be legal, and is acceptable. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Clare Burns) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Choosing-what-is-life-in-the-abortion-debate/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Choosing-what-is-life-in-the-abortion-debate/#item1377 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:30:00 +0000 Clare Burns | Author bios | The Punch