Bex, still, there are valid cases of this. With all due respect you have chosen not to have babies cause you've felt you couldn't handle them. I know you would choose not to abort, but when a woman gets pregnant through trauma or if the situaiton is life threatening, we can't judge in those siutations and it is not the woman's fault she is in those situations. If a woman becomes pregnant through her own doing that is one thing...and ideally it is better to give a baby up rather than dispose of it. I would not abort a baby even in the case of Down's or whatever.... I am very idealistic. I don't believe abortion is really a right other than in those cases, but until you are in that situation....

You opened my eyes to a lot of things regarding how bad it really is out there. Right now a lot of people aren't even considering it with voting. (And I am and bring it up...).

However, in these extreme cases....even in those cases I would think that all options should be taken into consideration and that it would only ever be considered early on. However, in the case of trading the life of the mother for the baby.....many other issues would also have to be considered. (Like what the babies chances would be depending on the mother's condition....etc. etc.). It should never in any case be taken lightly. It is treated all too casually and you are right. But in certain cases the mother should have rights... At least the legal choice IN THOSE CASES but never done hastily without all things considered and laid out and given time.

I would not accuse LL of being hard hearted in her thinking, though. I don't believe that is the case. I think she is a lot more sensitive than you may think.