As said above by Bell, she is/was barely treading water to survive. If she had a child, she would most likely go into Poverty. Now think of this. It is well known that children who grow up in poverty, end up criminals. It is true that if the mother cant give the child a place to live, bad things will result..

and this is a story I heard recently. All names and such have been cut out.

Someone I know told me a story of her grandmother. The grandmother had 2 children, and she had a husband. This was during the great depression. At that time, Abortions were, if done at all, shady operations. Her husband forced her to do an abortion, since they could not do an official one (i do not think they were legal back then). She had to use a clothes hanger. As a result, the grandmother died. All because she couldnt get a normal abortion, that she needed.

This is one time when it is nessesary. I firmly believe that the rights of the mother come before that of the unborn child.

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