Originally Posted by Stuart C

You are entitled to your opinion, and I am entitled to disagree. I will however ask one thing: What is best, aborting a baby or bringing one up in a life of poverty? If you can barely afford to feed yourself, how can you affor to feed and clothe a child for 18 years?

I know that in an ideal world we would all use contraception, which would work 100% of the time. Sadly, this world is not perfect. People sometimes don't use contraception, or it fails (my friend's baby was concieved thanks largely to a split condom).

And yes, I know that family or friends should help, but not everyone is lucky enough to have a family or friends that are willing (or able) to do that.

I don't believe abortion is an easy option. Nor do I believe it should be. However, I do believe in some cases, it is a lot easier than the alternative.

I also think that we (as a society) need to look at ways we can help women who feel they need to have abortions rather than judging them when they have them.

However, if someone is having multiple abortions without medical reasons, then we need to ask why.

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It's not necessarily just a problem with morality. While refusing to have sex is an excellent way to prevent pregnancy and most STDs, simply remembering to use a condom can be a very effective way to prevent STDs and pregnancy (unless it fails, as above).