Abortion.

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12. You really hit the nail on the head.

And I think it's something men really don't understand. Having/keeping a child is a life changing decision. It takes up tremendous amounts of time, energy, money. It may require support of an entire family, or tremendous government financing in food, housing and money. It may force a woman into a low paying job because she no longer has the time for the studying involved with college, or maybe even high school, depending on when she has the child. Only the most determined, committed women with incredible family resources or money can overcome these challenges. So, if you want to give examples of women who have made it, with children out of wedlock, I can give you many more of women who don't make it. Who are stuck in poverty or semi-poverty, uneducated, and perhaps demoralized.

And don't think that married women have it that much better. An unplanned child can wreck a marriage, an unplanned child can be a financial burden that is unbearable. An unplanned child is a major lifestyle change that may be more than a couple can manage, because they just aren't capable.

And we haven't talked about rape and incest.

Reproductive rights are so important to women, there are no words.