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[quote=Anonymous]I am also a middle class 30 year old married woman. I am white. I think your question belies a lot of selfishness.

I would never have too much trouble getting an abortion. I have access and money. But there are a lot of women who don't have access and who don't have money. Women in abusive relationships, women who can't travel 4 hours on a work day to get a procedure in a different state, women who can't afford to pay for an abortion out of pocket.

These women almost certainly don't want to end up getting an abortion but they might need one. Maybe their husband beats them and they don't want to bring a child into that. Maybe they're 18 and don't want their entire life defined by a sexual mistake made at that age. Maybe they have 5 kids and know another one would break their family. Maybe the birth control failed and they don't want to be a mother. Maybe they found out that they will have an extremely special needs child and they know they won't be able to care for that child financially or emotionally.

Regardless of the circumstances, one mistake should not condemn a woman  to a risky health status that can and does result in injury and death to some women. They shouldn't be condemned to seek out coat hanger abortions and risk infection and death that way. They shouldn't be forced (and its always the woman, not the man who is forced) to be a mother for the rest of their lives. Certainly not when as a society that we don't support them. [/quote]

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