I don't believe in the "well if it were this case then..." How can one say that? I get that rape is traumatic on the mother. How is that the baby's fault? Did the baby ask for the mother to get raped? I think not. I would never dream of expecting a woman who was raped to keep the child but there is adoption. So what makes the life of the baby who was a product of rape any less important than one that was conceived with willing sex?

As for birth control, it does fail. TRUST ME, I know this first hand! My darling baby girl is the product of failed birth control. I even had the type of birth control that isn't a pill that you take every day (thus having greater room for error). I had the ring that you leave for 3 weeks then take out for one, and it was supposed to prevent conception 24/7.

Well, considering I have a daughter now would suffice to say how well THAT worked. I contemplated aborting her. I'm glad I didn't. She's amazing. However, you do not miss what you did not know. Had I aborted her then life would have gone on as per normal.

It is awful to say, I know. I hate the thought that I contemplated it. However, I had a loving, supportive guy who when I told I was pregnant swore he'd be there for me every step of the way. He has, and then some. Not all women are lucky like that.

I don't think that it is a yes or no answer. I think every case is individual. I also think that unless you've been in the situation to either deal with a pregnancy or contemplate an abortion then you really don't know what you'd do. I never thought I'd contemplate it. EVER. However once I was faced with a pregnancy yes it did cross my mind.