Quote from magicbulletgirl
I don't believe that any person has the right to judge another person for an action they feel they have to take.
With that said, it is no one's business but the woman who is making the choice to have one and her doctor.
If you do not want one, do not get one when you find out you are pregnant. Women know that if they get one they might have "what if" thoughts. But if you think about it logically, people have what if thoughts about every major decision they make.
An abortion is a major decision, but as said it is between a woman and her doctor.
The reason why they have to make abortion legal, make morning after pills legal, is because otherwise some doctors will not give them to women. They have their own morals, which is well and dandy, but if they are the only doctor in a 50 mile area and the woman doesn't have the expenses to seek another doctor in the next state or city, who can she turn to? Alley abortions. And we know full well the rate of success those have and the rate of death.
Abortion laws are not meant for women who can afford the best doctors who will do whatever so long as they are getting paid. They are meant for poor women who have no other options, sometimes no supporting family, who knows that if she had that child, he or she will not have a good life. Malnutrition, growing problems, and emotional problems stem from poverty.
Abortion is not just an issue in the United States and other wealthy countries where it is labeled frivolous because women appear to have money and the means to have them. It is an issue in many poor countries, where women cannnot afford to feed a 5th or 6th child, who already have so many children because their church runs their state and makes it very hard for these women to find birth control.
While yes, I believe life is very important, but I would never force women to bear a child they do not want, even if adoption is an option. It is metaphorically chaining them to the ground.
(And don't even get me started and the hypocrisies of the adoption system - everyone wanting a Gerber baby instead of taking in a child who needs a home).
Your oppinion is amazing on this topic, and I agree with all of it.