I am pro-choice and I ansolutely believe women must have access to contraceptives. The aborion issue becomes a non issue when we prevent unplanned pregnancy. Planned Parenthood was a bipartisan effort that was intended to stop unplanned pregnancy with the thought that doing so would help reduce the numbers needing welfare assistance. It was something that both Republicans and Democrats wanted. I fail to comprehend why anyone would not want to support this. I remember the days before Roe vs Wade and the coat hanger deaths. Thank God for Roe vs Wade

I feel the same way Matilda. Planned Parenthood is a vital organization and I support it completely.

This is the most ridiculous article I have ever read. Who gets the most abortions? Young African American females. Why do they get them? No fathers in the home, mom is on welfare to support herself. Why is there no father in the home? If there weren't father, mom wouldn't be able to receive welfare. Why does mom need welfare? She was a teen mom herself. The cycle continues.
Have you ever seen a planned parenthood clinic in a nice neighborhood? Of course not! They are purposely placed in poor neighborhoods. The founder of planned parenthood believed in "weeding out" the least of society, those who have nothing to offer. I am for a woman's right to choose NOT to have sex before marriage. Society doesn't agree with that. The schools are teaching children that it's okay to have sex. And by the way, we have this place you can go to kill the baby growing inside you if you "mess up". Feminism has killed this country.

In this day and age where everything is organic and healthy, Natural Family Planning (a scientific, organic, healthy method to space births if necessary) is a wonderful tool. It is not the “rhythm method” by a long shot. I wish more people knew about it – educate yourself! We are human beings with the ability to have self-control. What does that mean? That nothing is unstoppable. We have choices. If our teens can’t be stopped from having sex, why do we expect them to not do drugs, drink, or smoke? It’s a double standard in this society. Let’s raise our expectations for our children and we will be amazed at how they reach them! How this writer can say she’s “pro-life. I am all for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and yet think a woman has the right to choose to end the life of the son or daughter growing within her is an oxymoron. What about the life and liberty of the person whose complete DNA is formed at the moment of conception? Where is his or her choice? Roe v Wade has led to the legal killing of over 50 million people – the oldest people would now be 40 years old. Many would have children of their own. There are no descendants for these people whose lives were lost before they even saw the world. In response to the final comment of the author, yes, raising children is challenging – but in an inexpressibly wonderful way. That we have the opportunity to love our children and both teach and learn from them is a gift.

Yes, MG I did educate my daughter and I must say she is married and pregnant at the age of 29. I am very excited for a grandchild, and I am so blessed that my daughter made the right choices in her life. BUT you still can't fight "young love" and my advice to parents of teens is that if your child is seeing someone special you may want to have a serious conversation with them, so that you and your child never ever have to even consider having an abortion.

If this country would repent from their evil ways and turn to Christ, many of these problems would be solved.

So, if you make a mistake and kill somebody, there should be no consequences. Now there is logic.

Is abortion murder? yes.
But if a mom wants to murder her kid, who am I to stop her?

BobE,
Yes, people have to deal with the consequences off heir behavior. People have a choice to abstain or not. Unfortunately, the schools teaches children that they cannot control themselves. Corporal punishment would end a lot of crimes.

There is no mistake in killing someone, that is a purposeful action. So yes, there are consequences to your actions.

Science tells us and even pro-choice advocates agree that a human life does begin to grow from the moment of conception. Look at ultrasounds - the truth is there, a baby is growing. You may argue that because it is growing within your body as a woman, you should have a "reproductive right" to choose to end it, to kill that life. Is this how you feel? It is not the life of a plant or weed that you kill so that you can have something different in your landscaping. This is a human person - this life that is growing in the mother's womb. It goes against who we are as human beings to kill our own species. This "choice" is not good, emotionally or physically for women. We are not being kind or compassionate by supporting a woman's "right to choose" death of her own child. Maybe you could read Unplanned by Abby Johnson. She worked as a director for Planned Parenthood for many years but came to see abortion for what it truly is, and is now trying to educate others on the many lies that she found Planned Parenthood was telling women. Please check out www.silentnomoreawareness.org as well. Women are hurting because of abortion. With regards to contraception and our teens, why do we expect so little of them? Let's engage them in the truth about love (which includes sacrifice) and marriage and let's try and live that truth out ourselves. Human sexuality is a gift from God. We were created for so much more than mere self-gratification.

Hey RG, explain how Naperville having a Planned Parenthood clinic fits into your hypothesis about the population they serve?
Bottom line, it is women have the right to choose

Geez...angry people suck!

Stupid people suck too!

Hey - I'm with Martha. Abortions are keeping the crime rate down in the ghetto. Not only should it be legal - we need to subsidize it.

I would disagree with you Kr that the crime rate is down in the ghetto's of Chicago.

"Many pro life people will be demonstrating in Washington DC today."

I just want to clarify this statement. How many pro-life people were in Washington DC yesterday for the March for Life to sadly commemorate the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade?

a). thousands
b). 200,000
c). more than 500,000

If you answered (a), you are listening to mainstream media. If you answered (b), you at least know some of the history of the largest human rights demonstration in the world. If you answered (c), you are correct.

This is a human rights issue. Everyone will agree that abortion is taking a life. Do we value one life less such that we sacrifice it for the sake of the other? Our society has used abortion to solve socio-economic problems. We can go to the moon, we can surely come up with a better solution. However, contraception is the root cause of abortion, not the remedy. Every human life is intrinsically good. Contraception turns this around and says new life is bad, something to be protected against. Something bad needs to be fought against, presumably with abortion. The cycle continues. JR has it right -- we are made for so much more than self-gratification. Until the unitive and procreative aspects are brought together again, the march will go on.

OK you guys are all right and I am wrong. Contraceptives are evil...sex is evil, woman are only good for one thing. Good luck to all of you!!

No sex is not evil. God ave us sex as a wy to enjoy your SPOUSE and to have children. Are you inferring that abortion is a form of contraception? Contraceptives were introduced because of feminism.

Martha is right, no more sex ever. Actually, if we removed ever males testicles, we wouldn't have that issue with the egg and sperm. Or, even better, of we just stuck to same sex partners, no problem! Egg and sperm becomes a non issue. Yes, I like those two ideas. Certainly would end the debate.

THANK GOD FOR FEMINISM!

Very good idea...if you are not planning a family you cannot enjoy sex with your spouse or lover. I do not believe that using contraceptives is murder.

Jerri, many of the previous commenters believe that contraceptives end up killing fetuses. They don't, however, address barrier methods which would prevent the sperm and egg from meeting. The PIll and IUD make an environment in which the fertilized egg cannot latch onto or stay in the uterus and is shed. Martha's blog is on abortion. But these folks see contraceptives and abortion as the same. I believe in women's right to choose. If use of contraceptives was supported, there would be less need for abortion. I don't see contraceptives as equivalent to abortion

Right Matilda, There are ways to prevent abortions, it is called "Safe Sex". Contraceptives prevent abortion. If you use contraceptives you are not murdering anything. The point of the article is we cannot overturn Roe V. Wade and we must continually educate people of the importance of contraceptives so women do not need to even consider abortion as an issue.

1. You of course realize that many contraceptives are abortificants.
2. Contraceptive companies tested their products out in third world countries and litterally wiped out villages of women in the process of "perfecting" the contraceptives.
3. Contraceptives are a carcinogen. A very toxic one with very severe consequences.
4. Contraceptives block pherimones that attract males to women. In studies men become confused when women do not give off these pherimones. You don't want to know what happens to men when they get confused.
5. Making love in a marriage is a sacrament. It is a unifying act of self giving to your spouse that is literally holy.
6. When the marital act of love is down graded to a sexual impulse that is out of control anybody and anyone can have sex together. Hmmm look at what has been happening in society men marrying men, women marrying women next fathers and daughters, people and animals.

But even if all of that doesn't make you realize how misguided telling women they can do whatever they want no matter how it impacts themselves, society or God then you really don't understand the great value of women.

Seriously Kim? Women's birth control turns men gay?!?!? A link to some peer-reviewed research would be in order. I'll wait. :-)

Mike, since you enjoy having evidence before believing something... Do you believe in evolution? It has not been proven.

So why aren't humans 'evolving' anymore? I assume also that you believe the earth is millions of years old?
Why is there very little sediment on the sea floor?
Why is soft tissue being found in fossils?
Why is there very little salt in the sea!
Why are they not finding fossils or skeletal remains of humans in the different "stages of evolution"?

These are just some of the questions that scientists cannot answer.
Evolution is a theory invented by a man who wanted to deny the existence of God, so he found a way to make it seem like the earth is so old.

I believe that the caucasian race will evolve and we will all be of color someday.

I would say we will evolve because of caucasians and mixed ethinic groups having babies. This debate is getting annoying, it's between the people who think sex and women are for one thing, and that is to have children and to please a husband. Then it's people like me that think sex is a healthy part of human nature.

Like I said before feminism is killing this country. I have children and I love to please my husband. We have lots of healthy sex.

RG that is great and I am truly happy for you...but feminism has not destroyed women, Without feminist we would still not be able to vote! More women are graduating from college then men, women are finally filling our congress, and military, and workforce, we have many women who are CEO's. Aren't you proud of the accomplishments we have made? We will never go back to Mayberry and The Beaver days. We have come a long way baby.