For those folks who think late-term abortions will be reduced by this ban, I don't think it's having the effect you thought it would. First, the vast majority of abortions are done during the first trimester. Second, there are other ways of terminating the pregnancy at a late stage, they are just more dangerous for the woman.

Third, I wonder how many of you would make the same choices, given the circumstances. If you want to read about women who've had to make this difficult decision, I highly recommend the following article. Even though it's written about women in the UK, they are fairly representative of what's happening here too.

http://www.commondreams.org...

"In the debate over late abortion, one voice is rarely heard - that of the women who have actually had one."

Don't condemn these women out-of-hand. This isn't something they take lightly. Most of the women I've known who've considered an abortion haven't chosen that option simply because they didn't use birth control. It's trivializing a serious situation for these women. Sad, really, that women treat other women this way.

I am completely pro-choice. I don't think abortion should be used as a means of birth control but I do believe in a woman's right to choose. Unless you have worn those shoes and walked that road I don;t think you can truly understand the complexity of the issue.

Until I read this I had never heard of a partial birth abortion but after looking it up I was sickened by what I found. ' Most partial-birth abortions are performed in the 20-26 week range (the fifth and sixth months), and some are performed even later.' (I can see why your friend quit her job)

Hilary, Hilary, Hilary.................I'll be afraid for our country and the direction it takes if she is at the helm

Oohchild....How dare we judge them...how dare you judge us, and we go round and round. I've been in this position, but that doesn't make much of a difference does it. I've had three children and let me tell you something about the medical field today. They are so terrified that they will get sued over the littlest things they ALWAYS give you the worst case scenario and you are encouraged to abort if they "find" ANYTHING wrong. The current AFP testing is not solid. It is very sensitive and false positives are common place, but that doesn't keep them from freaking you out, giving you all the worst case scenarios, and then encouraging you to abort your baby...if not for you, for the good of your "healthy" children. (insert rolling eyes) If partial- birth abortion was legalized tons of perfectly healthy babies would die because of faulty testing and doctors who are scared to death of being sued.

Boo hoo. If he wanted children so badly, why didn't he adopt? Could it be for "selfish" reasons? Like carrying on the family name or a little "part of him"? There are so many needy children without any family at all.

It was her body. And while she should have been responsible enough to be using contraceptives if she truly didn't want anymore children, in the end it was her right to make whatever decision she wanted.

How nice for you, countygirl, that you were given the choice. I don't judge these women because they made a different choice. I don't judge their circumstances, because I don't know everything that went into their choice.

And as I pointed out before, these women will have abortions should they decide the medical problems with the pregnancy are too great for them to bear. Do you think that just because this one procedure is illegal there aren't any other options? There are, but they are more dangerous to the woman. Don't fool yourself otherwise, folks.

You're just not willing to look at these women with any compassion, IMHO. Why should women be forced into a position of sustaining a life if they are refusing to do so? We don't force people to donate organs, even though thousands of people die in this country every year for lack of enough organs given through voluntary donation. We are willing to let these people die because we leave the choice of organ donation to the patient & allow thousands of perfectly good organs to be destroyed every year. How can a woman be forced to carry a pregnancy to term against her will, when something less tramatic as organ donation is voluntary?

Sorry, oohchild you're wrong. I never had a choice. :)

By the way I don't think I'm better than anyone. My point is that many women are being fooled into having abortions. Don't fool yourself otherwise! :)  While some people believe abortions shouldn't be used as a contraceptive I also feel like it shouldn't be used as a filter.

No, I don't know anything about the "situation". But he feels a kid should be raised by a mom and a dad, however, he would've done it alone if she'd carried to term? Nothing like sticking to your convictions...

I can only guess at what reasons anyone would have to not be able to adopt. Being a single man isn't one of them.

Anyway, CG, I wasn't trying to be mean, I just don't understand why when there are soooo many children who need loving homes people opt to keep reproducing. No, I never adopted, but I fostered older kids, boys who are all in their 30's now and still call me mom.