Reply #63: I didn't say "every"

[Merlin]

But many.

My daughter did. 10 years ago. She was a devout Catholic. She feels a deep sense of shame, despite the fact that everybody in the family supports her decision and absolutely nobody recommended against it.

Same exact thing is true of one of my sisters. She had an abortion (in Mexico) 31 years ago. She still has pangs of guilt about it, though she feels it was necessary.

These are two bright, conscientious people who had the support of their families. I can just imagine the plight of young women with little decent parental or familial guidance making a snap decision and regretting it later. Better to think it through now and make an enlightened decision so that later you can say to yourself "I thought about it at the time and I made the decision I made knowing I would live with it."

Is it just too much to ask to wait one whole day so a woman can go through this process?