Both of your posts are excellent! I'm sorry that it feels like it isn't worth the effort to post something that is something other than more ' I'm better than you because you are a doodoo face' comments, or other self-entitled bulls-----t.
But I can add at least my opinions of this touchy subject:
First: Yes, it is the right of the individual to make a call about their own body, when they are of a safe and sound mind. This doesn't mean that someone else should make the very important call in the case of abortion all the time, but in the case of the life of the mother vs. the life of a child...I would save the life of a mother. She ( maybe) has a chance to create life again with the right partner ( in case of rape or unintentional insemination during sex... teenagers, I'm looking at you), or through artificial insemination...or just go through an adoption clinic and other means.
That said, it is her responsibility to consult with her partner ( mate, husband, wife, etc...) and ask what they think on it. These are all case by case scenarios and social courtesies that should be followed. While some may argue that the partner does not, should not, and cannot hold any opinion on the woman who is carrying, they still hold emotional sway. Again, if the woman chooses not to listen to them or chose to listen to them, it is her choice, but her responsibility to make the choice to tell them of her decision.
This falls to the 'responsibility' area. . . . Unfortunately, I can start telling tales and tales of irresponsible teenagers that thought sex was just a game and thought birth control AND the morning after pill were candy. Oh and abortions were just something to get rid of the unintended consequences because sex really is a joke and just a game. Remember, this is just all that I have observed, thus my opinion and faulty recollection...and really, who remembers every detail from High School? They will all be ignored, especially the tale of the girl that ran away from home to go to denver to get a 6 week abortion because she couldn't keep her legs shut, or the countless pregnant girls wandering the halls that couldn't even solve a simple algebraic equation that the rest of the class had mastered three quarters ago... Let us not even touch literacy. I might offend someone.
It is a maturity and responsibility issue. Few understand that an abortion is hard on the woman's body....Especially young girls that are all for it. It takes a while to recover. Do a quick search on Abortion. You'll find out after you weed through the search results. Young teens shouldn't be having sex not because they aren't physically mature, it is a mental maturity.
Which Gaia is not the right area to discuss it in. ( Well, this forum isn't the right place to discuss it in...even if it is a really potent political issue that deserves its own time in the sun without two word answers and picketers).
I feel incredibly sorry for all of you that think this is a black and white issue and one side has to conquer the other with laws that just ...don't make any logical sense. I'm sorry that people can't sit down, civily, and take the time to discuss both sides and come away with an ideal case by case to prevent unwanted pregnancies from happening ( aside from not having sex, because apparently some people here can't keep their legs crossed). And I'm sorry that Abortion is a topic that is filled with hateful slander instead of helpful solutions.