Exactly, Sharon. Pregnancy puts a woman's body at risk of developing a number of conditions, some life-threatening and/or life-altering.

Pregnancy Complications : American Pregnancy Association

Such risks should always be voluntary, not forced on a woman. I'm all for finding ways to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies. However abortion should always remain a legal option.

The whole concept is barbaric and, in many cases, downright misogynistic.

Isn't it odd, too, that a large percentage of the anti-choice crowd are males who will never be pregnant themselves?

Definitely true. Women aren't walking incubators. They aren't livestock. They have a right to choose when and/or if they're going to breed.

Abortion is a private medical decision to be made between a woman and her doctor.

I think it's odd that they think they are even entitled to an opinion on the matter.

I think in a lot of cases, it's more of a male-superior control freak power play than any real concern about "the children."

I totally agree, forester814. That's evident in the fact that the people who fight to save the little fetus are often the same people who would vote against food stamps, daycare assistance, and increasing welfare to care for that child.

The fact that women legally have complete say over their own medical decisions drives many anti-choicers absolutely crazy.