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As someone opposed to abortion, I obviously am appalled that this writer persuaded her daughter that abortion is a moral option. However, the article highlighted a reality that pro-lifers like me have to face: the explosion in unwed pregnancy has been caused by society's relatively newfound acceptance of premarital sex, but it has been abetted by growing disapproval of abortion and growing acceptance of unwed motherhood. People who are opposed to abortion have to save our ammunition for that issue and not indirectly cause abortion by criticizing women who have babies out of wedlock, but it's not easy to bite your lip when you read about teenagers having babies and their mothers' throwing them baby showers. I read somewhere that single mothers -- in this case, meaning unmarried women who give birth and keep the child -- are "brave", and I thought, "Well, some of them are brave. Some of them, however, are slatternly, some are stupid, etc." Anyway, these are things I can post but I cannot say publicly. I'll keep giving money to pro-life causes and grudgingly watch the percentage of babies born out of wedlock climb year after year.

I agree with you. Wanting them to complete their pregnancies is not - and should not be - the same as celebrating them for having gotten pregnant in the first place.

I have been thinking along the same lines as you
have for quite some time.