Reply #3: You know, I was thinking about this this a.m. I think some pro-lifers seem to have the idea that [View All]

[Iris]

women decide when they get pregnant. And then they decide after the fact whether or not they want a child.

The reason I think this is a few years ago, some politician was trying to assert the idea that a woman can not get pregnant through rape. As if women have some magical powers that determines who they will become pregnant with and when.

When over 50% of pregnancies are unintended (a statistic I hear frequently), then, obviously many women are becoming pregnant with actually trying. But I guess the idea that a woman just magically makes herself pregnant gives the pro-life typse more fodder for maligning women who make the choice not to carry a pregnancy to term.