ABORTION?

Do you believe that abortion should be generally
available to those that want it or that is should be
allowed on in the cases of rape, incest or when
the life of the mother is in danger or not at all.?
Women have many reasons for not wanting to
be pregnant, and thus to seek an abortion.
Many are because:
-They Lack the financial resources needed
to support a child.
-They are not ready for the responsibility of
bringing up a child.
-They feel their life would be changed too much.
And may ruin their future (education,
developing a career, etc.)
-They feel the relationship with their partner
is in difficulty.
-They feel they are too young, and not sufficiently
mature to become a mother.
-Their children are grown and she does not want
to start another family, or that she has all the
children that she wants.
-There may be Pressure from the father of the
coming baby or from their parents to have an
abortion.
-They are ashamed and do not want other
people to know that they became pregnant.
-They may fear physical abuse from a parent
if they learn of her pregnancy.
-They may fear being tossed out onto the street
by a parent if they learn of her pregnancy.

About 6% of all abortions are sought are for
medical reasons:
-The fetus might have been hurt by exposure to
high levels of toxic chemicals, medications that
might be dangerous to the fetus, alcohol, drugs,
etc. They may cause the fetus to be genetically
damaged.
-The fetus has a genetic defect or other health
problem. Virtually all of the couples who find
that the fetus suffers from Down's Syndrome,
or a similar defect, elect to have an abortion.
-The woman may develop eclampsia. This involves
a sudden increase in blood pressure, and onset of
seizures. The results can be fatal to both the
woman and fetus. This used to be called toxemia
of pregnancy.
-In the case of a multiple pregnancy, some or all
of the fetuses will end up with various long-term
health problems; some may not survive at all.
Physicians will sometimes recommend a selective
reduction process where one or more fetuses are
killed in order that the remaining fetuses would be
born normal.

About 1% of all abortions are sought because
rape:
-About ten to fifteen thousand abortions
(approximately 1%) annually are sought because
the conception occurred after rape or during an
incestuous relationship, and the woman does not
want to bear a child who was conceived in violence.

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