I don't think abortion should be used as a method of birth control. However, in this day and age with all of the drug abuse, socioeconomic problems, other types of abuse, I feel if a woman gets pregnant and is not in the proper social situation to give the child what it will need FOREVER, then I totally agree with abortion. Just because you manage to get a child to the age of 18 does not mean you have done your job. My daughter has 2 children and she has a mental disorder, these 2 children have been abused, neglected, and will have issues their entire life. One of them is 8 and is already talking about suicide. Do I think it would have been better if these children were not conceived in the 1st place, you bet I do. But, these children are going to have nothing but a life of misery and neglect. Better to not be here at all in my opinion and for all of the religious folks out there, your god has done nothing to help these kids. So don't even bring that fairy tale up. These children did not ask to be born nor did the ask to be abused and neglected. As a matter of fact when she got pregnant the 1st time I paid for her to have an abortion. Three months later she was pregnant again. It has been a total nightmare for everyone involved.