| Having an abortion does not absolve the mother of responsibility for her actions (presumably having consentual sex with a man of legal age). There are a whole set of consequences that go along with choosing to have an abortion ... mental and physical. Some women are psychologically tormented, some struggle with telling their spouse years later that they have had one, some become infertile. All choices and actions have consequences, even the ones that are designed to avoid the consequence of another action (for instance, lying).
The pro life argument that abortions somehow serve as a way to avoid resonsibility (like defaulting on a credit card balance) is ludicrous. We have no way to avoid the consequences to our actions ... we can only alter them.
Besides, what's wrong with trying to minimize the consequence of a bad decision? If you have a variable rate mortgage, is it wrong to re-structure it as interest rates rise? Is that avoiding responsibility? ... Whose place is it to say? ... the Federal Government?????? If any entity has forfeited the right to make judgments on avoiding responsibility, I would assert that the fed has ... how often have they raided social security to pay for other things .... don't let the fed tell women they are avoiding responsibility for their actions!! |