[jjbrouwer]

I'm not in favour of abortion, except as a last resort when a woman has been raped etc. I just find it interesting and also creepy that the most rabid anti-abortion campaigners seem to all be men.

Personally, I don't think men should even be allowed to TALK about abortion. As I say, her body, her choice.

[annalex]

It is not her body being chopped up when sex had been consentual, and not her body when sex had not been. What difference does it make?

It is simply not true that all pro-life people are men. Askel is not. Most posters here seem to be women.

[grellis]

As I say, her body, her choice.

She's not amputating an arm or a leg. It is an individual life, with its very own unique DNA, that happens to be within her. It is not her body.

[celtic gal]

As a person who is the result of rape....I can't agree with your position though I do understand the emotion behind the thought.
I found my biomother in 2003 and spoke to her exactly 2 years to the day before she died. While it was hard for her to have had me find her, and no doubt it brought back stressful and painful memories, at the same time, by her own words, it meant everything to her to hear me tell her how courageous she was and how grateful I am for her sacrifice and the opportunity to have a great life.

[annalex]

I'm not in favour of abortion, except as a last resort when a woman has been raped etc.

Would you clarify: you support re-criminalizing abortion except in cases of rape and some other cases, or you support the present abortion on demand regime but would advize most women against such choice?

Here you only argued for the right to abortion after a rape, but on LF you said that you applaud the right to choose an abortion in principle (link at 218).