I agree with Melinda.
These women in parliament who think that the answer to unplanned pregnancies comes in the form of an unpredictable chemical, rather than addressing the needs of both mother and child, do not speak for me. These women cannot call themselves prochoice when the only choice they are concerned with advancing is abortion.

But you'll notice that women still have the right NOT to abort. That's where the choice lies.

And what's wrong with celebrating a positive development in human rights? I'll pop the champagne when euthanasia gets the nod.

A victory for the silent holocaust to continue, the law forbids suicide, refusal to submit to medical treatment, or the mistreatment of children, the sick, the helpless. The law forbids the abandonment of children by Parents. is there a greater"abandonment than abortion.
Abortion is not a matter of private morality. The rights and life of a weak and voiceless human being are at stake. the pro life struggle is not to impose ones concience on another but to preserve the right to life that is violated in every abortion. in the great tides of public opinionand propaganda, the average person justs floats along, he or she doesn't have to do all the work of rationalizing, making wrong seem and sound as if it were right, This is already done by society, "Everybodys doing it" if your not doing it, your not "with it" it is a lot easier to kill a baby if you call it "terminating a pregnancy. the real truth is we have greedy selfish "dont wanabe mothers" who will make the exuse that having a abortion is better than having a unwanted child, if the baby is not wanted it should be killed, children who missed out on being a abortion statistic, grow up with the knowledge that they managed to escape the knife of the executioner/doctor, just imagine if the person that was to discover the cure for cancer, has already been aborted/executed because he or she may have become a burden on the mother, a mother who has been programmed to be selfish and greedy, she now has permission from the system of permission/justice to murder her own child, if you dont want children , "Dont have Sex"

"The law forbids...refusal to submit to medical treatment"

No it doesn't. In fact, laws like that would be a perfect fit with the hysterical doomsday scenarios put forward in opposition to euthanasia and abortion.

You seem to be claiming that medical treatment should be compulsory, but no-one should have pregnancy termination forced upon them.

Here's some cake. You can eat it, too.

What a disgraceful article.

The central premise of this article is that those who were working towards the availability of RU486 are blind to or don't care about the myriad of problems facing abused, impoverished or disempowered pregnant women.
This is patently nonsense.
This article attacks the very people who would see an end to the problems the article mentions. It makes no mention of the senseless diversion of human assets into a fight that should not have had to have been fought. It lays the blame at the feet of those who deserve it least, not at those who would deny women choice.

Yes, tragically sometimes women aren't free to choose to keep the child.
Attack the underlying factors that bring about these terrible situations. This already happens without RU486, and won't be affected by denying women who are free to choose an alternative method.
Attack the true causes - domestic violence, lack of counselling, insufficient mental and financial support networks.
Don't attack the very people who also work to address these issues.

Though I am pro-choice, I do agree with some sentiments in this article.

It was a step in the right direction in granting access to the drug. Women (and their partners if involved) need the choice for themselves.

However, I do find it somewhat distasteful that people are celebrating. In my mind, it is still a sad, sombre fact that abortion may be a necessity rather than avoided. If we put as much effort into support and social assistance, there would probably be fewer abortions. Not none at all – I do not think that is realistic or even reasonable. But I’d bet a fair amount that with the perception (and reality) of social support for some prospective mothers, there would be fewer.

So, I say, ‘thanks be’ that the right decision was made. But let’s not forget that the greater problem – a cold, unfair and greed obsessed society is the cause for some of this fight. I do not think there is yet reason to celebrate.