Here is Karl — speaking for himself:
Dear Friend of Catholic Answers [Karl Keating here]:
It hasn't been easy. I don't change opinions willy-nilly, especially if I've held them for a long time and if they're about key issues. But I've been doing a lot of soul-searching lately and feel that the only responsible thing to do is to go public and admit that I'm now pro-choice.
Here is my new thinking:
1. The government shouldn't be able to tell me whether to paint my house yellow or green. It's my house, and the choice should be mine. I'm pro-choice.
2. No one should pressure me to buy a foreign rather than a domestic car–or the other way around. It's no one else's business whether I drive a Toyota or a Chevy. The choice should be mine. I'm pro-choice.
3. On election day, I should be able to vote against any scoundrel I wish. I don't want to be nagged into voting against this guy or that. I can choose my own scoundrels. It's my ballot and my decision. I'm pro-choice.
4. In these E-Letters, I should be able to express any opinion I want. If a reader doesn't like what I say (or doesn't understand irony or parody), tough. It's my E-Letter and my writing. I'm pro-choice.
Precisely because I am so consistently pro-choice when it comes to my own choices, I acknowledge the right of others to make choices of their own.
Just one example:
I think every child should have a choice about whether he will come into this world. If he chooses not to, we should respect that choice. Of course, his choice will have to be manifested in a sufficiently clear way.
When the rest of us make choices–to hire a house painter, to buy a car, even to vote–we sign a contract or somehow make our choices known on paper. The same should apply here, for consistency's sake.
Thus, if an unborn child signs a waiver or agreement or contract (or whatever the document would be) indicating that he doesn't want to come into this world, his choice should be respected. Absent such a signed document, we have to presume that his choice is to come into this world. After all, everyone I know who ended up being born preferred it to the alternative.
Whatever the unborn child decides, we should respect his choice–and we should not allow it to be overruled by someone else's choice. That's my opinion, and that's why I'm pro-choice.