Women have the right to abort. It's their body. I really thing the only people who can make this decision are women themselves.
i don't think this is too harsh. people should be prepared for this kind of stuff. and in the case of rape, it is not the baby's fault, why punish them? There is still adoption as another option, even in the case of not being able to support the child. life begins 18 days after the moment of conception, according to doctors and all that. abortion does not occur before 18 days. people need to learn how to be responsible. let's say i'm having unprotected sex, i need to be aware of the risks and be prepared for anything that would happen. it's my responsibility, not some doctor's responsibility to fix my mistake that i knew i could have been making. oh yeah. and another thing: BIRTH CONTROL. make abortion illegal and make it legal to have birth control without parental consent. well it's like that in maryland already. without the illegal abortion stuff. but it works out. kids don't run the risk of getting pregnant and having to tell their parents...but then again, if they do get pregnant, they can also have an abortion without parental consent. so i don't know which is cutting down on the teen pregnancies around here. i just think abortion is wrong.
What if, like I said, the pregnancy wasn't even welcomed in the slightest by the woman? Besides, I was referring to the child.