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Originally Posted by slinky
Yes I understand that Margaret. To be honest, hadn't really thought about it that way. I feel sorry for those people that HAVE to have a abortion due to medical reasons of mother or baby, that is very sad. What I disagree with is someone getting pregnant BY ACCIDENT, then using it as contraception. Yes I agree that in this day and age there shouldn't be any need for BACK STREET ABORTIONS. But then again, in this day and age, there really shouldn't be un planned pregnancies. Condoms, pill, morning after pill, coil jeeeez I could go on. But hey, these things happen. But no, I do not agree with a termination being carried out at 20+ weeks, and I pitty the poor doctors and nurses that have to deal with it too.
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I agree entirely. I have delivered enough contraceptive lectures to young girls who said they didn't know about sex education....I didn't believe them when they told me that the condom broke......and some of them i have told them that i didn't believe they used contraception.....but unplanned pregnancy is like a road accident...you never think it will happen to YOU.
As I have said in an earlier post....the consultants usually police their own practice with limits much lower than the legal one of 24 weeks.
It isn't a perfect world and there will always be the sad fact that some women will get pregnant and be unable to cope......I certainly would not like to see women resorting to using a knitting needle to try to get rid of an unwanted pregnancy....and dying themselves as a result.