As to the original topic of this forum, the alan guttmacher institute has performed numerous studies about abortion and the after effects of abortion as has the american psychological association.

The apa, specifically, has found that for women, the stressful event is the unplanned pregnancy, not necessarily the abortion. In fact, the apa found that for 86% of women, a clear majority, the feelings they most often reported after an abortion were relief. Abortion was seen by the majority of women in the study as a successful resolution of the stress of an unplanned pregnancy.

The alan guttmacher institute has found similar results.
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as to the discussion as it stands now, comparison surveys of women who were in their reproductive years prior to roe and those after .D.O show a marked difference in their views toward motherhood, the enjoyment they received from motherhood, and the satisfaction they received from their lives as a whole. the way we never were is an excellent book which helps to detail part of this. In the book, it was found that many women pre-roe felt trapped into motherhood. They did not have the information on pregnancy or contraception and thus, they became pregnant when they did not wish to be (another good book for this is the girls who went away). Further, because the majority did feel trapped, they felt that they were required to be mother's even though they felt that they did not choose it for themselves. They felt obligated, in other words, and this, in turn, had a drastic impact on how they viewed their children and what type of parent they were.

Comparatively, because the choice now exists for many mothers (and fathers as well), parenting is viewed differently than it was in the past as are parental responsibilities. To put it shortly, parents today do achieve a greater satisfaction from being parents than those in the past because they were able to freely choose it for themselves at a time when they have the most to give to their offspring. And, parents today are, in fact, spending more time with their children than parents in the past (as reported by the children in both instances), especially fathers.

It is not an accident that women and men are putting off getting married until their late 20s and putting off having children until their 30s. It's not that they are trying to play beat the clock (especially not when you consider the fertility treatments that are available today which can extend our fertility into our 50s if necessary), it is that they are trying to build the best foundation in which to be able to be good parents. Parents who are constantly worried about the rent or putting food on the table have less time and energy to devote to their children than parents who have steady incomes. Parents with only a highschool education have less time to devote to their children (largely because they have to work so hard just to survive) than parents with higher education levels. Higher education takes time to accumulate and it is in that time that people today are putting off having children.

The biggest difference has been seen in men. Fathers today take more time to be with their children, play with their children, and teach their children than any other fathers in the past. Because we are able to control our fertilities until we are ready to become parents, father's no longer have to be solely responsible for the financial well-being of the family. This has taken enormous pressure off of men and they, in turn, have taken their free time and become better fathers. The father's of today (generation x and y) are much better fathers than their own and even exress greater joy from having children than their own fathers.

Women, in turn, have been largely freed from their fertility and because of this have messed into colleges, trade, graduate, law, and medical schools in numbers never before experienced. With their new educations, women have been able to add to their families income and therefore provide a more sound foundation in which to bear and rear children.

More and more, birth control and abortion, whether you believe in either or practice either, have led to generations of better parents. Parents who do not feel trapped or obligated and parents who have the educations and incomes to give their children what they need to thrive and develop into their own independent individuals capable of supporting themselves.

Everyone makes choices they later regret - it's a fact of life. The vast majority of smokers eventually regret ever lighting their first cigarette, yet it remains legal to purchase and use tobacco products. Studies have consistently shown that the vast majority of women who abort have no lasting negative affects.

I have zero regrets for aborting 18 years ago and i'd do it again in a new york minute. It's my opinion that many of those who do regret it are influenced by some of the antichoice propaganda out there, and from hearing about how women who abort are such baaaaaaaaaad people from them.

Parents are much more catered to and coddled these days in comparison to years past, but I think it's harder to actually be a parent these days with all the crap about gentle discipline and everyone breathing down your neck about your parenting skills. There is a problem with the serial breeding, but i'm in no mood to rant about the gross overpopulation of this planet. Those people who find it acceptable to have a brood of a dozen or more kids are the ones I secretly hope will have their homes struck by meteors. I don't care who I offend by saying this, but the fact of the matter is, with so many goddamn people in the world today, no one has any business having kids. Whether or not you're a good parent, the birth of each new child is contributing to the inevitable downfall of the planet. But I know no one cares about the future and that they are condemning their kids to suffering in adulthood, so I suppose the truth will fall upon deaf ears until it's too late...And then it will be someone else's fault.

And honestly, the only way we would ever see fewer or no children in foster care is if we start euthanizing them. There will never be a shortage of unwanted children because there's a surplus of stupid people in this world who insist on making more and more unwanted kids. Hell, I see no problem starting with the source and dragging said stupid people out into the road and blowing them away. Like we need their stupidity further polluting the gene pool anyway.

I said I don't agree with what she's said so yes, I am pro-choice as I don't agree with forced parenting or forced abortion.
The point is that if you're pro-life why would you advocate suicide, even if it was an angry reaction, that's my point

Umm rid the world of mother's and children so who would be left?? No one as everyone was a child once??