Originally Posted by djplong

1) Katz, you said it was a scenario for me.. I'll get to that.

2) You then said you were that woman. So should I make the assumption that you want to know what I would have done in your position? Or are you simply expressing your experiences since you DID undergo those circumstances?

If you're asking me, I can *honestly* say that I don't quite know what *I* would do. I'd have some long hard thinking to do. The only part I'm deliberately ignoring is where you say about this being at a point in time where unwed pregnancies weren't as accepted. It's hard enough to respond to the here and now without adding time travel to the mix.

You said you went through this. You also said it was always worth it.

For you, I have no doubt that this is true.

Take a look at any abused kid who's mother wishes they'd never been born and you understand there are no absolutes like that.

I could have been aborted. My birth mother got pregnant without knowing it, dumped her fiancee when she discovered he was married to someone else and then enlisted in the Marines. Mind you, this was 1962! Towards the end of basic training, they discovered her pregnancy and she was given a medical discharge. She told me that, from the instant they'd told her, she knew she was going to give me up for adoption.

The only reason I'm telling you all this is to let you know where my history is on this - and the fact that I have very personal experiences in this area.

There are no one-size-fits-all answers. I can't stand abortion. Never liked it and never will. There are times it's a necessary evil. There are also times that it's abused out of 'convenience' - no argument there.

But until we prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place, abortion is going to be in the public debate.

...and as a side note, we have Santorum who's not just against public funding of contraception but against contraception PERIOD!

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Abortion is the symptom, not the disease.