I'm pro-choice. However I think abortion should be made out to be what it is, what it is is actually horrifically mentally painful, draining and upsetting & not just something you can get for free if you get pregnant. I didn't realise the true impact of what an A word can have until you actually have to go through with one. Having a little life inside of you, with a heartbeat, something to nurture, look after and what you are ultimately responsible for, made out of the pure love which you & your partner share for eachother for it to be sucked out of you with a vacuum leaving a gaping empty black hole in it's place, or if you choose the tablet method, it's equally not nice to feel huge blood clots coming out of you & seeing it there in the bottom of the toilet or on a pad is just indescribable (speaking from experience). It's not nice nor easy but sometimes it's for the best, be it not the right time or the right person, whatever. You don't forget though, ever. Every time you see a little baby, an expectant mother or baby clothes in a shop, it hurts my heart & I know it was for the best but I just wish I could turn back time, or that I could be a few years older & I'd never wish it on anybody, but in the same breath, it would kill me if I had to give up my baby for adoption or if I went through with the pregnancy & couldn't afford to give the baby everything that it needed/wanted.
As the person above me said, I think the 26 week mark should be lowered, the procedure for aborting 26 year old foetus is absolutely horrific & 26 weeks to decide what you want to do...really?
I might add that I'm a little annoyed that my A-Word support thread got deleted on the grounds that it could get messy regarding opinions & this one hasn't. Meh