CJ - great article. I've known women that really struggled with their decision after getting an abortion - even those that were sure they wouldn't. None of them said they made a wrong decision though. Some will say they made a right decision. Some won't. Same as with everything in life.
As far as the man being involved in the decision - well, that is doubly complicated. What if a man wants the baby and the woman doesn't? Should the man be able to force her by law to have the baby?
Then, could we possibly say a man is not responsible financially and otherwise if he decides he doesn't want the child and she does? Again complicated.
There is no real answer. I am pro-abortion with the mother having the final say and the father having to be responsible either way.
I don't think it's possible to be consistent as regards the abortion issue. It's a matter of where to draw the line between responsibility and choice of one's future life. Moving one moves the other and for this reason, the debates rage on - and people hide behind catch-phrases and rhetoric. "Pro-choice" - that's brilliant marketing. "Pro-life' is too.
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