Quote Originally Posted by GaryWilcox
I wonder how many people in this thread have actually been through an abortion.

I have. Or, my ex wife has, with what would have been our child, while I sat in the waiting room.

It was a decision we made together. I think that there are valid reasons to terminate unwanted pregnancies, but when I look back on our's, I know that we were just scared of what it would do to us, and the kind of parents we would be.

Letting go of all of the crap surrounding the shape of the fetus... the simple truth is, it was a part of me in her, growing into a seperate life, and we killed it because we were afraid we'd be bad parents.

I don't want to protest abortion clinics. I just feel like people should be informed before they go to an abortion clinic or terminate their pregnancy with some herbal cure that they should consider that this kind of decision wil haunt them for the rest of their lives.

It's irreversible. Having another child is not the child you aborted; it can never be undone.
Well, I assume this question is directed to the pro abortionists here, myself being one. I have been through 3 abortions, although none of them were my child.

My mother had an abortion when she was 20, 10 years before she had me. Both my parents have gone through this with my sister and I in great detail, citing numerous reasons as to why they made that decision when they did. Monetary, mental, emotional, career reasons were the biggest ones.

My sister, now just 18, had a self induced abortion 2 years ago. She had unprotected sex, got pregnant, got really scared and found out over the internet how to perform it. I am the only person that she told about it, therefore I am the only person that she has ever talked to, confided in, or looked to for support in the matter. It was not fun going through it, but I firmly believe that she will lead a much better, balanced, successful life as a result of this. She was simply not ready for the burden.

The third abortion I have been directly connected to was my girlfriend's best friend. They have known each other since kindergarten and are very close. While this was not quite as bad for me as my sister's abortion was, the role I played was now my girlfriend's responsibility in that she was the only person her friend confided in. Obviously, I found out about it through her and offered her a lot of support having already gone through it.

My point is this; I am not someone who is just blindly throwing out his opinions on subjects that I have not ever considered. I understand abortions, and the emotional problems they cause. Knowing all this, I am still able to say with 100% certainty that the ability to have an abortion should be a right afforded to all women/couples.