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In reply to the discussion: The Progressive Abortion Purity Test [View all]CTyankee
(63,912 posts)that women are moral agents and thus can make these decisions themselves. For some women it is easier than for others. Each woman makes a moral choice in their lives when they choose to either give birth or abort. We should not disparage a woman's feelings about that choice, whether or not she feels (in your terminology) abortion is a "biggie." Medically, first trimester abortion when legal and safe is not a "biggie." That is, it is safer for a woman than pregnancy and childbirth. That's medical science, not some ideological dogma.
I hope you fully understand that back in the day, women who were forced to give birth and then had to give up their newborn for adoption didn't just walk away unscathed emotionally. I personally knew a social worker who counseled women in their 40s and 50s who had done that and grieved their loss on the baby's birthday each year. It was an unbelievably cruel thing for the law to do to women.
I would also remind you and others here that there have been studies that report that "relief" is the most commonly felt emotion among women who have abortions. It does not mean that women don't have different feelings about abortion as a personal matter. Anti-choice laws often assume women don't "understand" what they are doing and need a law prohibiting them from being "bad." These laws actually prevent women from making a moral choice and thus, assume that women are not fully moral human beings.