Most abortions are for social reasons

No form of birth control is 100% effective. A barrier method might split and an oral method wouldn't be effective during sickness. I wish that abortion for social reasons became illegal. Thanks for your excellent response.

Madame vandana7, you are from India. Why dont you give this, valuable piece of advice to your Delhi Chief Minister, who knows, she might just start fining all the woman who have a MTP. And when all the other states, in India follow the same ruling, we will be two billion strong in 2020.We will be the strongest nation on the earth with more than a billion babies.

Vandana7, in your reply to my last post, you have not answered to any of my points. Once again, I would like to mention, what can the poor woman do, if the male is very dominant and does not want to use contaceptives. In south, family planning is done in a large scale. That is because, the woman still have power here, and all the males are not bullies. Any how, once again I would like to conclude, that MTP is needed in places like India, and we must not bother about what the people from developed world say about us.

Hey maximax8 - an afterthought, if the mother is so careless - shouldnt we attach a penalty there - like every abortion - the mother has to shell down a whopping sum of $10,000 or so - lets c if that brings down the abortions and creates some responsibility. That would also be pro-life, and pro child's future I suppose.

Thank you max. This is a subject close to my heart. On TV last night, there is a couple in Australia going through the motions of adopting a beautiful three year old girl from Bali. The girl's grandmother was trying to look after her, but wants her to live in Australia. There was no mention of a mother in the report. However, Australian Immigration won't extend the girl's visa so she can stay until the end of the year. The report said the Indonesian government was agaibst the adoption! But WHY? no reasons were forthcoming. Now, I understand rules have to be enforced, but surely there are times when our heart should overrule protocol. I feel Immigration are meking my life difficult, but I'm 69, this poor little girl's whole life can take a turn here for the better, but authorities won't think outside the box, of rules. I could go on and on about this max, but let's just hope that in this case, a humanity based decision is reached. Sorry, this is a little off the abortion subject, but I'm sure you can see the connection. Have a nice day, my friend.

Hi my friend Mipen. Thanks for your excellent suggestion about making adoption more popular on a worldwide scale. Yes, the adoption rules are way too challenging in many countries. It certainly is difficult to become an adoptive parent in my home country. I have a friend that is a foster parent and she is often the last carer a child has before he or she is adopted.

The 2% reasons are very challenging situations. I think to be told have an abortion or risk dying would be very upsetting. Pregnancy should be a happy event and after the birth of the baby there should be a magical moment when the mother sees her baby. Some ladies will always be bothered by abortion trauma. Thanks for your wonderful response.

Hi again Rameshkumaar. In my home country we say 'lift' and if I wanted to find one of those in America I would say 'elevator' because language can differ between countries. If a lady loses her baby in pregnancy and nature did that to her the term is 'miscarriage' in my home country. A 'medical abortion' can be done up to 9 weeks pregnant. It involves some pills and bleeding. A 'surgical abortion' is a termination of pregnancy by an abortionist. I have a disabled son and he is such a lovely person. I find him enchanting every day. I don't live in India. I know many people in India are very poor.

Hi rameshkumaar, that fine wouldnt work in Indian context! That is because our women rather create 75 years of hunger, thirst, and whatever, rather than take simple precautions. LOL. There is this talk of children being "God's gift" in our country! Dont they know how children are born? And utter indifference to the child's future! How can a mother be called a mother, if she is placing her pleasure before her child's future? Our culture - the great Indian culture - clearly shows that the child should not be even conceived unless all conditions are right, and in keeping with that - Rama and Sita chose to have a child only after their exile period was over! Dont tell me Sita couldnt concieve even once during the 14 years exile! Tell that to a woman who has given birth to two girls, and is willing to go for another, even though her financial position is a suspect, and she will ask u who is Sita! ha ha. Indian woman is nothing great for all that Sarathchandra's novels, and Rabindranath Tagore's literature. None of them would consider adopting, but they would all be willing to supply one of their own. I have nothing but contempt for it. In Indian context, whenever our ministers donate homes, or write off debts, the children have to give in writing that they will not have more than one child, otherwise they will be liable to surrender the house or help. That will help to bring down the population for sure. Giving unconditional help is ridiculous.

Hi rameshkumaa57, I am not North Indian. :( - I am an Indian. Well, I agree - the problem is more acute in the North, and certain other communities. Educating and supplying pills to such people - door to door visit like the politicians do when they ask for votes - is the way to go about it, rather than ignoring the issue and just leaving it as such. I think a proper way of explaining that resources are limited, we will be fighting between ourselves for food would help at least 25 to 50 percent of these people. They dont understand it because it has not been explained to them! They have only seen a different thing traditionally, so if they have 5 children, they feel they have condensed enough, after all their moms had 10. And - government has been giving homes - even in south. Surely, when state government is giving homes to these people, a condition can be imposed. After all, tax payers cannot be burdened for continuous irresponsibility. We've been failing with our population control targets - consistently. But such concerns are not being felt - by people much younger than either u and me! Their children may not have enough to eat in less than 50 years from now! U cant kill a person after the person is born, u can certainly prevent the conception. That is my call. And if the choice is between killing a foetus, and forcing at least one of the parents, even if it the mother to be responsible with the pills, I would opt for that.

One of my friends is a foster carer. People like her are great foster parents to children that don't have loving parents. Less popular children to adopt are sibling groups, disabled children, mixed race children and children older than eight years old.

Yes, we could add "economical reasons". Some parents start of fairly poor but gain wealth in the future. When a lady is pregnant and her partner tries to push her towards having an abortion that is unfair on her and their baby. Back street abortions in countries were abortion is illegal sound terribly dangerous.

I am pro-life and I wouldn't ever have an abortion. What everyone else does is their choice. I am not trying to tell you or anyone else what to do. On My Lot we can all exchange our opinions. I feel sorry for innocent babies that are aborted. Anyone's mother could have chosen to abort them.

The program that you watched must have been really interesting. Yes, the teenage couple that adopted their baby were very brave. Hopefully that baby is having a wonderful life. I wish that adoption will become more popular. Rape is an awful event that some women have had to suffer. I can imagine that if having gotten pregnant during a rape life would be very challenging. Thanks for your excellent response.