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sorry, but this is complete bullshit.

have you ever met women who have decided to have an abortion, and asked them why? i don't think so. people keep making up their own stories about them, like the post up there.

women who have abortions are normally desperate. completely desperate. because they just don't see a way to raise a child under the circumstances they are in. and sometimes there isn't any way. the world is not always a nice place, and not all women are as lucky as you and me. no woman has an abortion light-heartedly. it causes severe trauma. which is why the tendency to suicide or depression is so high post-abortion.

nobody - neither you nor me - is in the skin of these women, has lived their lives. yes - if a woman gets pregnant everybody should help and give her the feeling that everything is going to be okay. but there are many women who don't have any support at all. some are brave and strong enough to raise a child in the most impossible situations. but many aren't. and nobody has the right to judge them for that.

this is what i think.

I'm a little disappointed you decided to post this anonymously. I didn't realize my site came off as so antagonistic towards critics.

Anyway, I must admit I agree with everything you said, I just don't see how abortion helps this situation. You say yourself women do it in desperation, because they are out of luck, have no support and suffer for years afterwards. The article I linked to confirms just that, that the pregnant woman feels she is without support and alone (thus unwanted in her pregnancy) and that she has to remove what makes her unwanted. The conclusion in that post is that the woman's surroundings are just as much at fault if not more, for putting her in that position where she doesn't see a way to carry the baby to term.

If you had a child who was growing up in a bad neighborhood, wouldn't it make more sense to try to fix the neighborhood than trying to kill every child in it, so it doesn't have to suffer?
People who commit suicide were obviously also desperate and saw no way out. That doesn't mean there wasn't one, though.

I would prefer to continue this per email if you are interested and don't want to make your identity public.

Thanks for posting.