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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Accidents happen. And if you already have all the children you can (for financial, mental health, quality of life reasons) then it's your body and your life and you should get to choose.

Personally, I became pregnant when I had an IUD (used one since I was 18), a 7 yo, 4 yo, and 6 month old baby. We had our family and had agonized over whether to go for 3, never mind 4.

I was a 37 year old professional woman who had been married for 10 years and had a stable income and relationship. No extreme circumstances. We did not feel we could manage another child.

I had an abortion. I am thankful I had that choice about my body, my family, my life. I do not regret it 3 years later and never have done. I 100% wish I never got pregnant. Of course. But I did. [/quote]

I got pregnant over 3 years after my husband's vasectomy, which had been successful until... it wasn't. And I was shockingly pregnant despite all our plans and efforts not to be. We ended up having the baby and have no regrets about that but I am absolutely grateful that the choice exists for those situations and others. People like to pretend birth control is infallible and if you're pregnant it's because you didn't use it but that's not true. Birth control fails, IUDs fail, vasectomies fail. I now have my tubes  tied and trust me, I do not take it for granted that that can't too fail. The second a pro lifer finds out her IUD didn't work and she's now pregnant against her life's plans and wishes is when the rubber really meets the road and you get decide how much of your talk you're really willing to walk. [/quote]

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