Geez...all you have to do is go through my past posts within this thread but if you seriously need to play games so be it.

The ruling of Roe v. Wade allows a legal abortion to any woman who wants to have one, regardless of the reason...she wants it, she pays for it, she gets it.

I would like to see Roe v. Wade someday overturned so that abortion on demand is once again illegal, as it was prior to 1973. If and when it is, and in that case if and when a woman wants/needs/has to have an abortion, and has the means to get one, then I guess she's entitled to go & find a dr who's willing to perform one.

Incidentally, if as you state "...abortions were always legally available in cases where the mother's physical or mental health was in danger...", then that would probably remain the case if Roe v. Wade were overturned.

So that really wouldn't be a problem, would it?

Anyway...I was thinking about something while typing my response to plaw above, since he apparently needed it spelled out for him.

Regarding Roe v. Wade itself...I saw a tv movie some 20 years ago depicting the personal story behind this case. It starred Holly Hunter as the mother. If I recall correctly, this was a single woman who gave up an out-of-wedlock child for adoption, signed the papers before the birth...and was not allowed to see her newborn baby even once. It was just born and taken away. I'll never forget the line uttered by Hunter, "Just a peek...". She was denied that peek.

Somewhere down the road she got pregnant again, and I really don't recall the details but this pregnancy led to the Roe v. Wade case...because to put it simply she would rather end her pregnancy than have to make the choice of giving up another child for adoption.

So if any of this is the true story behind the case, then a woman ALWAYS had a right to choose. Legal abortion simply gave her a third choice...and apparently for many, a choice that was in the long term easier than the other two.

One more thing regarding RvW itself...I could be wrong but I believe the mother who originated the case and I forget her name, came out a year or so ago now regretting her decision to abort, and is now a pro-life advocate.

Again, I could be wrong about that but vaguely recall hearing something akin to it on the news a while back.

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