Where is the balance for a woman facing an unwanted pregnancy?
In a perfect world no woman would become pregnant by accident, only by design, but we don't live in a perfect world. We *could* do more to prevent unwanted pregnancies, but it will likely never be 100%. I conceived while on birth control, for example, nor am I the only woman to ever do so. I'm fortunate that I didn't face the need for an abortion. She was a surprise, but not an unwelcomed one.
I and my siblings were all conceived while my parents were using birth control (this was before the pill was readily available or trusted - I can't take the pill due to hypertension).
I am fortunate to live in a city where there are plenty of service providers. I would not have had any problem terminating a pregnancy. But what if I'd lived somewhere else? Why should the only doctor in my theoretical small town be allowed to force me to continue an unwanted pregnancy? There are many *many* places in the US where there *is* no choice of providers. You go to the one that's there because there *is* only one. If that one has decided that their moral stance is more important than their patient's wishes, that's a problem and one that I don't see *can* be balanced.
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Date: 2009-11-04 06:15 pm (UTC)In a perfect world no woman would become pregnant by accident, only by design, but we don't live in a perfect world. We *could* do more to prevent unwanted pregnancies, but it will likely never be 100%. I conceived while on birth control, for example, nor am I the only woman to ever do so. I'm fortunate that I didn't face the need for an abortion. She was a surprise, but not an unwelcomed one.
I and my siblings were all conceived while my parents were using birth control (this was before the pill was readily available or trusted - I can't take the pill due to hypertension).
I am fortunate to live in a city where there are plenty of service providers. I would not have had any problem terminating a pregnancy. But what if I'd lived somewhere else? Why should the only doctor in my theoretical small town be allowed to force me to continue an unwanted pregnancy? There are many *many* places in the US where there *is* no choice of providers. You go to the one that's there because there *is* only one. If that one has decided that their moral stance is more important than their patient's wishes, that's a problem and one that I don't see *can* be balanced.