I had an abortion...

[Texin]

73. I had an abortion at the age of 45. I was unmarried and a working woman.

I worked for a high profile investment company known nationwide, and believe me, falling pregnant at that time and in that circumstance would have landed me in the unemployment lines. One of the reasons I'd always been uncertain about having a child was the fact that I have had to support myself and sometimes be the breadwinner. I never had the luxury of having a supportive male in my life to add some reassurance about a circumstance that involved taking care of a small child. My decision was not a walk in the park. I realized that this was probably the last chance I had or ever did to have a child of my own to raise, but getting pregnant at almost 50 was a significant health risk and could have been an economic catastrophe on top of that. Texas has never been kind to women of any color or social group.

When the male who plants his spawn is REQUIRED to start paying child support at the time of conception, that'll be when forcing women to carry a child could be acceptable (to me), and only if they have the right to terminate a pregnancy if it threatens the mother's life, health or the fetus is deemed by medical professionals as unviable to sustain life out of the womb post-birth.