I know what I am getting myself into but I believe with all of the anti abortion posts going around that I need to say why I am for pro choice. It is foolish to say that anyone would use abortion as a form of birth control. There is a lot of emotional pain connected with an abortion and no one would willingly inflict that on themselves. The reasons are:

l. To save the Mother's life.

2. When circumstances, either financial or due to a failing marriage dictate that abortion is the practical choice.

3. When the fetus is found to be so defective that it can have no quality of life.

Partial birth abortions and abortions after the first trimester should not take place if at all avoidable.

Way back in the early fifties, I had a therapeutic abortion because I was bleeding to death. At that time, three physicians were required to sign off on it and my Dr. wasted no time getting that done. Would it be better to let my daughter grow up motherless?

My daughter has a severely autistic child with a heart defect. That child has impacted the whole family in a negative way. It has sucked the life out of my poor daughter. Mothers love the one who needs you most, the best. She was advised to get an abortion and did not. The lives of her other children are forever changed. He is l7 years old and still in diapers and so strong that he is dangerous.

A collection of cells is not a baby. I am sure a lot of people will not agree with me. My life experiences have shaped my views and I am passionate about a woman's right to choose.

Surely carrying a child for nine months and then giving birth which is an extremely painful process gives women the deciding vote.