As one who grew up at the time when NOW was emerging as a strong influence on young women, I know in my heart I would have had an abortion if pregnant and unnmarried during my college years. Many of my friends did. Some had multiple abortions. Luckily I never faced that decision.
It was selfishness. No more, no less. Self gratification. No one would admit that then, or maybe even now.
But now I have lived long enough and experienced enough that I realize you don't remain selfish and self centerd forever. You change. Priorities change.
I am sure my sorority sisters who made that choice 30 years ago now suffer for it. It is disturbing to see the extent the left goes to to try and silence efforts to advise or counsel this generation of young women, to consider the very long term consequences of decisons made today. And to get them to look at selfishness as a motive, and not cloak it in pretty terms such as "reproductive choice".
When I was 19 I sure never thought that several decades later I'd be standing out in front of a women's health clinic praying a rosary! LOL.
I think you make a very good point. An unplanned pregnancy when I was 19 would have been far more horrific to me than an unplanned pregnancy when I was 30, and I would likely have dealt with the two situations quite differently (note to the board: speaking hypothetically in both cases). :)