Reply #97: Actually, I thought it was funny.

[Clark2008]

Her point - and mine, too - is that birth control, while preferable, isn't:
A. Always available or used properly
B. Usable by a certain percentage (women who smoke over the age of 35 cannot take hormonal birth control - and some women, like myself, cannot take it for other health reasons.
C. Effective

Luckily, I'm in a committed relationship, have enough money to survive, have experience raising a child, so I know what I'm in for and want to keep the child, even if I was reluctant at first.

I don't have to consider abortion - but some women in my position MIGHT. I am, afterall, getting a little long in the child-bearing tooth (36 years old - not ancient, but no spring chicken).