[Tom]

Originally posted by Ruth
I am pro-choice.

Just a few reasons:

*Abortion rates in countries where abortion is illegal are much the same as abortion rates in countries where it is legal. Outlawing abortion would simply push it underground. Illegal abortions carry a much higher risk to both the mother and the foetus. Are the 'pro-lifers' prepared to take responsibility for that?

Personally I am for it being legal as I said in a previous post

*People say that females who get pregnant should take responsibility for their mistakes. If a female finds herself pregnant by accident, and decides to have an abortion rather than bringing an unwanted baby into the world, she is taking responsibility. She has made the responsible choice not to potentially ruin two lives.

Taking real responsibility is not just essentially covering something up and pretending it never happened

*Pro-lifers frequently suggest ' adoption not abortion'. However, our care system is already stretched to bursting, and most children eligible for adoption have no chance whatsoever of being adopted. Are the pro-lifers willing to adopt every single unwanted child? That's what I thought.

Thats more down to the current system. There are thousands of couples who could make perfectly good parents but can't for whatever reason such as a low paid job or they might have a criminal record from years ago, and authorities aren't wishing to accept that people change. The system is also really slow.

*Is it fair to say that rape victims who become pregnant should be forced to carry a baby through to full term (whether or not they keep it after it has been born is another matter). Having been violated once, should a woman be forced to do something else against her will?

Yes, I'm not blaming her for it being there but I think others deserve a chance and if she feels that strongly about it then she would give it away without a second thought. And what about in cases where someone has been raped, but they find out they are pregnant after when she could have been pregnant before to their partner? Some might not survive the stress, some might.

Its not the fault of the baby, why should the baby suffer just because they are an inconvenience?