prolife vs prochoice

@Circe: I hear what you're saying, and you are right, those women should have at least had sex in a responsible way.

btw, on this note, i found some interesting statistics from Abort73.com

here are some on point:

ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION

Induced abortions usually result from unintended pregnancies, which often occur despite the use of contraception (CDC).

54% of women having abortions used a contraceptive method during the month they became pregnant. Among those women, 76% of pill users and 49% of condom users reported using the methods inconsistently, while 13% of pill users and 14% of condom users reported correct use (AGI).

8% of women having abortions have never used a method of birth control (AGI).

9 in 10 women at risk of unintended pregnancy are using a contraceptive method (AGI).

just to clarify, how is pro responsibility a position though? i don't think anyone is saying that people shouldn't have sex in a responsible way at all and the statistics i gave suggest that in fact, most women do try to have sex in a responsible way. only 8% of women that get abortions don't use some form of contraception and this is coming from a pro-life site. the real question though is whether once a women finds out she is pregnant, whether she should be allowed to get an abortion or carry it to term. i don't think there is a right answer, only a balancing of interests, which is essentially what we have now.

ha! where did you see in that in the website? i don't see it. anyway, tried to find overly biased for the prolifers and i ran into these stats a couple times so i just picked a site that at least had some indication of where the stats came from.

edit:

found basically the same stats from the other side of the fence: Guttmacher Institute

CONTRACEPTIVE USE

Fifty-four percent of women who have abortions had used a contraceptive method (usually the condom or the pill) during the month they became pregnant. Among those women, 76% of pill users and 49% of condom users report having used their method inconsistently, while 13% of pill users and 14% of condom users report correct use.[8]

Forty-six percent of women who have abortions had not used a contraceptive method during the month they became pregnant. Of these women, 33% had perceived themselves to be at low risk for pregnancy, 32% had had concerns about contraceptive methods, 26% had had unexpected sex and 1% had been forced to have sex.[8]

Eight percent of women who have abortions have never used a method of birth control; nonuse is greatest among those who are young, poor, black, Hispanic or less educated.[8]

About half of unintended pregnancies occur among the 11% of women who are at risk for unintended pregnancy but are not using contraceptives. Most of these women have practiced contraception in the past.[1,9]

used to live in kentucky and there girls needed to be escorted by volunteers in order to make it through the mobs. now in dc, can just walk straight up to a clinic for a check up, though they do search your bags for weapons and bombs.