First of all your quoted figure is rhetorical. ALL abortions are post-conception birth control. But you make it sound like 95% of those do it because they couldn't be bothered to use any other contraceptive. How would you know what goes through a woman's head as she chooses this most traumatic of procedures. People seem to forget that those women who have abortions never enjoy the procedure.

An abortion is a very traumatic experience for a woman. Its not a joke. therefore i refuse to believe that any woman would choose abortion as the preferred method of not having a baby.

Women get pregnant even if they use other contraceptives. Even by doing everything by the book, it is still possible for a woman to wind up pregnant. Does she have to "be mature and see the consequences through"?? or is that the fault of the company making contraceptives?

Incidentally, making the hard choice of terminating a pregnancy requires a far greater level of maturity, especially considering the rape of your uterus and your emotions it involves.

Having an abortion is not the easy way out. It is a last resort. But it is a last resort that the mother has the right to choose. Just like people are now allowed to choose a divorce. Nobody likes a divorce, but can you imagine the uproar if people were not themselves in charge of whether they wished to spend their lives with a person or not.

Abortion sucks. not because of some vague notion of a murdered pre-baby. But because it is a lousy choice to make for a woman. She has to deal with a buttload of emotions, hormones, guilt, anger, loss and a huge spectrum of other crappy emotions tied up to this procedure. The best would be if no woman had to get an abortion. But that is not the same as saying no woman is ALLOWED an abortion.