*A woman's life is not black and white as you depicted above Yabby.*

It is as black and white as a man's life. I know an awfull lot
of women who knew exactly what they wanted, then went out and
achieved it, family, kids, career or whatever.

This has nothing to do with sexism at all, apart from your
implication that women are a confused lot.

Some people still don't seem to get it: the Pill PREVENTS abortions. If you prevent pregnancy, then you won't need an abortion. All people who are worried about abortions, including Catholics, should be busy encouraging the use of the Pill, condoms et etc. But of course Catholics are also in knots about the Pill - such a pity, when it's a historical fact that the Catholic Church came very very close to approving the Pill - if there had been a different Pope at the time, there probably would have been a different church decision, saving a lot of people a lot of bother over the last 50 years. Most Catholics have been using the Pill regardless (especially in Italy and Spain which have the lowest birth rates in Europe).
As to questions about the health costs of the Pill - health statistics are very clear that giving birth to a baby is much more dangerous than either taking the Pill or havng an abortion.
As I said in my previous post, in the world without the Pill many many children (enough to fill institutions) were unwanted. Sad stories about women who now end up in their 40s with no children are the result of a combination of life choices and circumstances, not the Pill: these same women would not want to relive their life story changing it to include an accidental pregnancy at the age of 16. I feel sorry for them, but that doesn't change my view that the Pill has had an overwhelmingly positive effect on society.

The point of my previous remark Yabby; another generalised sexist comment made and disappointing when you are highly intelligent regarding economic and other issues. Don't let yourself down in the gender arena Yabby; heal your heart, be a bit compassionate, and look at the reasons why women you have come across, may be confused at times. It is termed "getting to know people".

You are clearly missing the point completely, yet it was the point
on which this thread was built.

The pill is responsible for little but giving women a choice.
They can't blame it for not having children or any other excuse
they might make, as has been alleged.

One of the most difficult things for many people is to finally be
honest with themselves, in some kind of an objective way. I see
it every day. Yet its a human foible. A foible which, if we can
overcome, we start to make some real progress.

People commonly blame everything and everyone for their failings,
but themselves. In psychology its called rationalisastion and its
highly irrational. Follow your feelings, then think of a reason to
justify it. It doesent work.

At some point in our lives, we need to face reality, admit our
mistakes and weaknesses and deal with them. Only then can we move
on. Blaming the world for our own failings might make us feel
better right now, but its the easy cop out and leads nowhere,
other then even more problems.