Ah... and so begins the ascription that I must obviously be an abortion-lover who just WAITS for the opportunity to become pregnant so I can run out and have an abortion... FUN!!
What a ridiculous argument.
For the record, I've never had one. I was fortunate enough to be educated by parents to respect my own body but act responsibly in my own choices. Therefore, I had access to birth control eliminating the need for me to make that particularly odious choice.
and see downthread - I think generally a healthy woman whose life is not imperiled by a pregnancy can and should be able to decide on an abortion within 90 days of becoming pregnant.
Point of order, what are your qualifications to decide whether a fetus is actually human or not, and therefore subject to abortion?
The truth of the matter is at the moment of conception, a new life is formed; the sequence of DNA that is created will never be repeated. It is an instance of life that cannot be duplicated.
Setting a time limit and deciding it's not a "person" before a certain date seems extremely gauche in light of this.
Ivan