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Originally Posted by (mbrock59,) Reason, Respect, Responsibility.
Is it reasonable for me to engage in intercourse witout consistant contraceptive use and expect not to cause a pregnancy?
Do I respect myself and my sex partner enough to discuss these issues before becoming intimate sexually?
Am I responsible enough to either use dependable, consistant constraceptives or refrain from sexual realtions? Am I old enough to handle the results what ever they are? Entering high school should not mean the start of a race toward virginity loss.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
All good points. Would that there were always good sex education, easy access to acceptable contraceptives, and responsible behavior. But these don't always exist, so real-world situations are faced where abortion is one alternative, one choice. The ideal is to reduce the number of abortions through knowledge, contraceptives, and responsible behavior.
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Originally Posted by (mbrock59,) Abortion is the result of idiocy, laziness, selfishness, ethical amorality, or downright immaturity.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Nonsense. Abortion is sometimes an alternative following any and all of the above. It is sometimes a responsible choice in the absence of the above -- as when a couple who wish to have children discovers that their fetus has terrible genetic defects, when the mother is found to have medical conditions that make birth an unacceptable (to her) hazard, when circumstances or relationships have changed, and so on.