I really don't think we should be blaming women who abort for the difficulties faced by those who find themselves infertile. Should we not then also blame women who have many children for making infertile couples feel bad?

"without learning their lesson"- what a horrid reason to bring a child into the world, to punish their mother, and possibly father, for the rest of their lives. Even if they give up the child for adoption, and suffer no mental anguish, having seen "The Human Body" last week, about pregnacy, I cannot condone making any woman having to go through those physical changes against her will. It is not 'inconvenient' for nine months- it is often difficult and painful, as is the birth. Forcing that on a person is a horrid suggestion.

Hey JoTre,

Admittedly neither choice is good but on balance I see less misery in abortion.

For example, how many adopted children are abused? How many adopted children end up moving from family to institution, to family and so on? How many yearn their whole lives to know " who they are ". That suffering lasts a lifetime, for all concerned.

And what of the parents? To have a child and give them away is an act I cannot fathom. Once the child is born there is a bond that must be continued. The love you refer to exists in either case but once the child is in your arms, breathing then it is unimaginable for me to give that child to strangers. For a mother to give birth and walk away must be a dreadful thing to do, even by choice.

Even the likely outcome of a happy adoption with a good, cared for life still leaves holes in all concerned. The original parents, although many men may not even know they are a parent, cannot forget a living baby and it is a rare person who can ignore that bond.

Is abortion a good choice? No I don't think so but it's how I see it.

Yabby,

Likewise you get used to my opinion.

I repeat that Abortion=Amoral.

Women who have abortions are nothing to me.I don't hate them nor do I like them. They cease to exist.

Friedrich,
Some people are Ostrich with their head in the sand.They will never know the anguish experienced by a woman faced with making the decision to either abort or carry to term.
people who profess to feel compassion for an aborted fertilised egg but condemn a woman faced with the decision are Ostriches

maracas,

I can't absolve anyone from their sins. Look no further than God.

If anyone thinks that God condones the taking of life then become an atheist.

Maracas do you have a special interest in the subject? Have I hit a raw nerve? If as you have said in a different forum that the debate is over why are you becoming emotional now? I'm not here to debate. I state the truth. God's truth. Thou shall not kill. There is no debate.If you think you're better than God that is up to you

Maracas you won't even start to convince people like Friederich to think along those lines. Just like Osama bin Laden, he is convinced about his god, despite the lack of substantiated evidence. So we have wars, religious tyranny etc and people suffer in the name of
religion all around the world. Sad really.