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Yes, I saw that study even before you cited it. There are issues with it which are beyond the purview of this discussion but even if one accepts the stats offered, it is still a very large number of abortions that occur for other reasons.

As I mentioned, I am actually pro-choice even though an abortion is out of the question for me personally. Actually, I don't have to worry about a pregnancy today because we are passed that point. But our last child was not planned and happened when we were both in our mid forties. It was a serious "inconvenience" but the thought of an abortion did not cross our minds. And given how things worked out, we have never made a better decision ever![/quote]

That's nice that your unplanned baby was just an "inconvenience" and not a truly life-altering, terrible mistake for parent and child. Because you do know what happens to unwanted children, right?  It's not pretty.  "Inconvenience" is not a word that describes having a child.  That's like describing cancer, or a kidney donation, or dying, as an "inconvenience."  It's a massive, massive decision that unalterably changes the body, mind, psyche, and finances of a woman and her family.  Not to mention the fact that choosing to have a baby creates an actual person affected by the situation he is born into.  [/quote]

Well, that is where we differ. For us, no matter what the circumstances the brought about the pregnancy, it was a responsibility that we could not shirk.

Of course, it changed our lives in many significant ways and not always for the best. But for us, we had created a life - albeit an unintended one - and that did not give us the right to terminate the pregnancy.

I would go a step further: we did not do any pre-screening for genetic defects despite the much higher risk because of our ages ie Downs Syndrome, etc. The reason we did not do it was irrespective of the findings, we would not have aborted the fetus.

But this was a personal decision and I would not expect anyone else to follow how we approached it.[/quote]

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