--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > It is *not* as if abortion is an easy decision. > You're trying to make it sound as if it is one.
Actually, it should be a lot easier than it often is. A woman shouldn't have to feel shame and guilt in addition to personal regret, if indeed she has any (not all women do by any means). By emphasizing emotional trauma, you play right into the hands of the very people who have done their damndest to *make* it an emotional trauma. mainstream has taken the "wanton disregard for the fetus" approach, but he could just as easily have taken the approach that abortion should be prohibited because it damages women psychologically. (Some even claim, falsely, that it increases the likelihood of breast cancer, which just adds to the woman's unnecessary emotional distress.) Abortion isn't a trivial decision by any means, but it *should not* be emotionally damaging in any lasting sense. The only reason for it to be traumatic is if the woman genuinely wanted to bring the fetus to term.
