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Originally Posted by foreverwar
Whilst I agree that abortion should not be seen as an alternative to contraception, nothing in the article quoted supports your first sentence.
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Actually that's a bit of an omission on my part - those figures were from a Radio 5 Live news interview I heard regarding this story which was what actually sparked my post in the first place. I just didn't have time to make all that clear when posting as I had to go out.
My own view on abortion is that it's sadly necessary in certain circumstances as already alluded to by others. Quite why, though, in this day and age so many women should need multiple abortions is beyond me. Of course contraceptive failure is a factor but what do they mean by that? A split condom (hardly anyone's fault) or a lack of discipline to take the pill regularly whilst being sexually active (a trifle neglient). In the former case nobody is to blame, not so in the latter in which case any subsequent abortion is surely akin to being a form of contraception of last resort.
BBKing - Groups like these:
Marie Stopes International, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), Brook Advisory Services who don't ever seem to come out openly and acknowledge the misuse of abortion in just the same way as anti-abortion groups seem always to deny the genuine grounds for abortion.