When polls give a six point scale most people, no matter how they identify themselves, whether “pro-choice” or “pro-life”, think abortion should be legal for victims of rape/incest, life/health of the mother, fetal defect. My sister-in-law was faced with a similar decision once and I do believe that is a choice that should remain private.

Unfortunately, the majority of abortions in this country (on average, about 93 percent of them) are performed for reasons not listed above: the woman doesn’t want to marry the father, doesn’t want any more kids, uses it as birth control, etc. I think most of us don’t approve of this, but we feel compelled to allow it in order to preserve the right for those women mentioned above that have serious decisions to make in the face of horrendous consequences.

This girl is an idiot and the child will probably be raised by a nanny. I mean, she has a reality TV show to run! But, a 30-year-old woman with plenty of money and a loving family (say what you want, the Kardashians seem pretty loving and supportive of each other) has no reason to have an abortion and I think it’s a positive message to get out to America.

I cannot classify myself as being pro-life or pro-choice. I do not agree with women using abortions as a form of birth control. If you cannot take responsibility for your own actions then you shouldn’t be having sex in the first place…..and I certainly do not agree with tax payer money paying for these abortions. I do however, believe a woman who has been raped or if the pregnancy is putting her life in jeopardy or has been ruled an unviable pregnancy should have the option to abort. This is a personal issue for me as I, myself had an abortion a year ago(D&C is the terminolgy I prefer to use). In my situation – my baby had a genetic deformity – the brain never developed, therefore, there was a 0% chance of survival. I did research & found that babies born with this deformity are born blind, deaf, have no feeling & have no chance of ever gaining consiousness- also these babies only live a few hours, before the body breaks down because there is no “control center” to function the rest of the organs. Even though I knew that my baby had no chance of survival, it was still a very hard choice to make but I had to look at the big picture & take into consideration what was best for me and my family. I don’t think I could have handled carrying the baby to term, already knowing the inevitable outcome. There’s not a day that goes by that I do not think of that baby, but I can also tell myself that these things happen for a reason – I now have a 5 month old healthy son who would otherwise not be here, & for that I am grateful every day. Life is precious & should not be taken for granted but also know that there are sometimes situations that warrant other decisions.

Those women online screaming about the grief of having an abortion are plants from faith based groups.

Bad doctor! How does he know what she will feel? Aren’t women disempowered enough without kowtowing to what a doctor says? sheesh. Very disappointing to see women are still so unable to think for themselves.