Now that I’ve gotten the niceties out of the way - Here’s more on Roe vs. Wade:

Thirty-five years ago this week, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe vs. Wade, asserting that abortion was protected by the right to privacy and guaranteed under the 14th amendment.

Thirty-five years later, the national debate rages on, “pro-choice” versus “pro-life,” each side entrenched in its position.

While we support the law and women’s right to choose, we don’t do so lightly. Abortion is a solemn act, and the fewer that occur the better.

According to the latest national estimate from the Guttmacher Institute, there were 1.2 million abortions in 2005, down from a peak of 1.6 million in 1990. The decrease is great, though it still represents more than 20 percent of all pregnancies.

Terminations are based largely on finances. The abortion rate among women living below the federal poverty level is more than four times higher than among women from middle-income and affluent households. Likewise, a disproportionately high number are black or Hispanic.

But women at higher income levels may be under-represented in the statistics, because they obtain unreported abortions through their private doctors. More than one-third of adult women are estimated to have had at least one.

Whether it’s economic hardship or inconvenience that leads women to abortion, it’s the least-desirable method of birth control. Clean and safe clinics are better than the back-alley procedures that determined women would resort to without Roe v. Wade.

But more-stringent efforts to prevent unwanted pregnancies is the best course, measures such as the bill in Congress (HR 1074) that seeks to curb the demand for abortion.

The comprehensive legislation would make contraceptives more available, encourage new reproductive health initiatives, expand the adoption tax credit and increase the health care, nutrition and child care assistance available to new mothers with limited resources.

Ultimately, women deserve the right to choose. But the hope is that fewer will make that choice.

The first part that jumps out at me is that “more than one-third of adult women are estimated to have had at least one abortion” and that’s not even taking into consideration those women/girls that are not of adult age. The second part is “…or inconvenience that leads women to abortion…” what the fudge.

This is not reversing/changing/altering my stance on pro-choice. It’s just more information for you to absorb.

There must be choice, in this case the choice belongs to the woman. Were the hell do we live anyway - I ficking Ran