Originally posted by 80sU2isBest:
In 1997 (latest stats available), about 6,192,000 pregnancies ended. Of that number, do you know how many ended in abortion?
1,330,000.
That's over 1/6!
That's friggin' insane. What the hell is happening?
First a question, was it really 6 000 000 ENDED pregnancies? The figure seems to be the total number of pregnancies, delivered baby or not. I compared it to the Swedish statistics and the numbers can't be that different. If this in fact IS the number of ENDED pregnancies, I would just out of curiosity like to have the number of total pregnancies that should be like an unreal number of them.
To my view on this. I don't like to interfer normally but to say anything before you actually are in the situation with the unwanted child INSIDE you and know that you will have it there for another nine month and then not want it or not be able to take care of it but still have feelings for it, noone has the right to say anything!
I can indeed understand and respect how strongly some of you feel in this issue but everything is not black or white. I think the ones here with the strongest belief is men, right? You can never end up in the situation. You will now probably say that a man can feel just as stronge and are as pregnant as the woman but I'm sorry, you can never be. It's easy to say when you actually just can take your stuff and run away and never ever see the girl or the baby again. A girl can NEVER do that. I guess you are all responsible men and would never leave your girl if she happens to get pregnant unwanted but there are ALOT of guys who runs as far as they can if they get to know their girl is pregnant. If she goes through the pregnancy she has a connection to that child forever even if she gives it up to a foster home after it's born, as you say is a solution to abortion. It's not that simple.
You make it really easy for yourself to put it in black or white and it feels like you think it's an easy decision that you just leave behind when it's done. It's NOT, an abortion is something the woman carry with her for the rest of her life with the question wether it was right or not.
What a I know is that if it ever happens to me, I will be devistated because I do feel in my heart that it is a murder but the practical me just says that I can't go on with the pregnancy.
Me too is scared by the numbers of abortion, and I promise you, you don't want to see the swedish ones....
Once again, I do respect your opinion but how strong you ever feel about something you should always be able to see the other side of the coin. Nothing is just black or white even if it might be to you.
Thank you!