Abortion

[andrewducker]

I say that I'm pro-choice, but the truth is that I'm actually anti-abortion. Rather, I'm pro-making sure that women have the resources and education available so that there's no need for abortions save those performed for medical reasons. The best way to stop abortions is to stop the need for abortions -- not with abstinence education that tells girls they're naughty for getting knocked up but doesn't tell them how to prevent it, but with realistic sex education and more resources for young women who find themselves pregnant and unable to afford prenatal care and postnatal expenses of raising a child

Which pretty much sums up how I feel.

Stolen from the ever-vigilant Lady Sysiphus.

Comments

[andrewducker]

Isn't that what we do do? I could have sworn that getting an abortion after 20-odd weeks was nigh impossible. Not completely impossible, but certainly very, very hard.

[nickys.livejournal.com]

Getting an abortion after 20 weeks is difficult, but since the criteria for permitting abortion in the UK is "damage to the physical or mental health of the mother or her existing children" it is still possible.
As pointed out elsewhere, nobody in their right mind has a late abortion for trivial reasons.

And difficulty in getting an abortion is not the same thing as saying pregnant women should be prevented from drinking wine or smoking cigarettes or whatever else the (predominantly male and elderly) judges of this country decide they have to do for the duration.