My two cents about this is that you must have a justifiable reason before abortion should take place.

Take such an act as rape, for instance. If someone got pregnant through that, and had the child, its fair to say that having that child may make them never forget the act that happened to them - in this case i believe that abortion is acceptable.

Having said that, wanting an abortion simply because of a stupid, drunken 1 night stand should not be considered a just reason. Ultimately, getting drunk and getting pregnant was YOUR choice - you had the chance not to do so.

Then there's the case of teenage pregnancy. Same as above. There was a story in the newspapers a few years ago about a 12 year old who got pregnant. Now this is interesting - who can say that she was ready for giving birth at that age? Should there be an age, below which you are legible for an abortion regardless of the context?

Those who are against abortion have argued that is can be classified as murder. However, since the child is not yet born, can they be considered "alive"? If your definition of alive is having a heartbeat and so forth, then yes, it is murder. However, since the child, at this point is still developing and is mostly unaware of its surroundings, then can you consider it to be alive?

So, summing it up, it really depends on HOW you got pregnant to determine if abortion should go ahead or not.