Abortion
The reasons why women have abortions are diverse and vary dramatically across the world. Some of the most common reasons are to postpone childbearing to a more suitable time or to focus energies and resources on existing children. Others include being unable to afford a child either in terms of the direct costs of raising a child or the loss of income while she is caring for the child, lack of support from the father, inability to afford additional children, desire to provide schooling for existing children, disruption of one's own education, relationship problems with their partner, a perception of being too young to have a child, unemployment, and not being willing to raise a child conceived as a result of rape or incest, among others. An additional factor is risk to maternal or fetal health, which was cited as the primary reason for abortion in over a third of cases in some countries and as a significant factor in only a single-digit percentage of abortions in other countries. An American study in 2002 concluded that about half of women having abortions were using a form of contraception at the time of becoming pregnant. Inconsistent use was reported by half of those using condoms and three-quarters of those using the birth-control pill; 42% of those using condoms reported failure through slipping or breakage. The Guttmacher Institute estimated that "most abortions in the United States are obtained by minority women" because minority women "have much higher rates of unintended pregnancy. Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice. 10 Abortion Arguments: 10 Arguments For Abortion, 10 Arguments Against Abortion. A majority of people in the United States believe abortion should be legal and regulated. These facts fly in the face of both sides of the argument. The left wants abortion to be free and easy to obtain. The right wants abortion outlawed. There is an obvious solution to this problem if the leadership of both parties would just step forward. But they don't.
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My Mind Isn’t Made Up About Abortion

6/29/22
from The Gray Area:
6/29/22:

The below article in the Wall Street Journal written by Rebecca Sugar makes some important political points that both parties should listen to and heed. I doubt they will, but they should.

Ms Sugan states that "I’ll listen to reason from both sides, but it’s been in short supply for decades." "...both pro-choice and pro-life activists are going to have to do better if they want the sympathy and votes of Americans like me. We can be persuaded with thoughtful, considered debate. We haven’t gotten much of it." "A word of advice to those who support abortion rights: Don’t hire angry-looking women with fake blood on their pants to parade around screaming at the cameras. And don’t let politicians continue to spin what just happened into a national abortion ban, or a war on women, which it isn’t. These tactics repel people, rather than draw them in. We will never hear a word you say." "A word of advice to those who are pro-life and want me to be as well: Don’t confuse moral and ethical arguments with scientific ones. We know the difference. You are in possession of both to some degree, and I would like to hear them. Both matter, and they inform each other, but they aren’t the same thing. When you pretend they are, your case weakens." Wow..., but political narratives will never step aside for common sense and clarity.

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