Let's discuss abortion.

I'll be honest.

I'm against abortion for religious and philosophical reasons.

Which means I'm against the [i]causes of abortion[/i]-- which isn't a woman's right to choose.

The rate of abortion per capita is lower today [i]decades after Roe V. Wade[/i] than it was the year before. That's a statistically demonstrable fact.

Roe V. Wade didn't "start" abortions. It ended dangerous, degrading, backroom abortions.

The disempowerment of women ultimately leads to abortion.

I know this because in a different life I was friends with OB-GYN providers. MD's, RN's, LPN's. Who provided OB-GYN care which included first-trimester abortion.

From what they report, sure, there were privileged women who could afford the 100$'s to use abortion as contraception, or a solution to sloppy contraception. But the fast majority were facing horrible fucking situations.

I also figure I have a voice when I can lose my life from preeclampsia. Or from bleeding out delivering. Or from slashing my wrists from postpartum depression. Or from having my head bashed in when my abusive partner is sick of a newborn screaming.

I'm a anti-abortion person who is pro-choice because that is the logical outcome of my values. Vehemently so.

Personally I think whether or not to have an abortion should be a decision a woman or girl makes with her doctor. Ultimately it’s no one else’s business. Depending on the circumstances telling the father makes no sense if he will have no subsequent involvement.

It’s a situation where [b]nature[/b] doesn’t make things equal. A man will [b]never[/b] risk his life nor shed a drop of blood bringing a child into the world so the final decision has to be the woman’s.

using your logic"No one should tell a woman what to do with her body"
no one should tell a guy what to do w/his money. your example is garbage

With all the fanatic money and energy put into anti-abortion stuff in America - there probably are people ready and willing to adopt ^

You right. A woman should be given right to decide if she wants abortion or not. Abortion should not be forced and unnecesary applied without woman consent