Wow! I just read through all the posts. Great points on both sides. I also have to say, I learned some interesting facts. I never knew doctors could flush the uterus in the first 24-48 hours to prevent pregnancy.
I am pro-choice. I support the right of every woman to choose. When I was faced with an unplanned pregnancy, I chose to have my baby. Not because I thought abortion was murder or wrong or anything like that, but because I simply wanted my baby. I knew it was going to be hard, but I had the support of my honey who said he would support me either way and he did. I was scared of going home after graduating from college and having to tell my grandmother (she raised me) that instead of going to grad school as I planned, I was pregnant and moving to the Virgin Islands. But I did it. She didn't take it very well and didn't speak to me for MONTHS. But she got over it as most parents do.
What really bothers me is when a woman doesn't have an abortion because of all the reasons stated in some of the posts, but then she shoot drugs during the preganancy, neglects, abuses, and perhaps even murders her child later on because she just wasn't ready or was incapable of caring for the child. I know not all abuses occur because of this reason. However, deciding to have a baby is the EASY part believe it or not. Pregnancy, childbirth and the next 18 years (whether you raise the child or not) is the HARD part.
I'm not saying abortion is the answer to these scenarios. I'm not an idiot. However, I think it is wrong to bring a child into the world to be raised by unfit parents. But people do it EVERY DAY and others sit by and watch and don't say a word. Where are the rallies then?
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