[Sunny_01]

I am very much pro-choice.

I accept that everyone has strong feelings about this issue and especially those with young children. I have 2 children and 1 grandchild yet would still support a family member or friend should they choose to terminate a pregnancy. Sometimes people dont even realise they are pregnant until they are in exccess of 8 weeks, does that mean they should have to have a baby that they have no desire to have. Is it fair to bring more unwanted children into the world?

I know all the arguments that people want to adopt, but some people can not stand the thought of being pregnant, and at the end of the day it is their body, no-one has the right to tell them what to do with it.

Does anyone want to see us go back to back street abortions which often left young women dead or maimed? I dont and if the laws changed thats what we would see more and more of. Young women to scared to talk to anyone they know and sneaking off to god knows where.

I just want some middle ground, I agree 24 weeks seems very late, considering a fetus is viable at that stage, it can and often will survive, my friends son was born at that stage and is now 19! However there have to be some exceptions, some tests you can not have until you are nearly 20 weeks which would highlight disabilities in a child, should they then be forced to continue with a pregnancy that they want to end. A 24 week termination is a lot rarer than people think in this country, most are done before 12 weeks, 24 weeks is only for extreme circumstances.