I personally believe that the decision should be the sole decision of the mother. I have known enough women who got “stuck” with a whole bunch of children (some with 7!) because the father either died, committed suicide, skipped town, or became unemployed and was unable to pay a single cent. These woman were left to bear the entire burden alone, having to earn money to support them and raise these children single-handedly. Despite his good intentions, there simply is no guarantee the man will be there to help out emotionally and financially for the next 20 or 25 years.

In my opinion, any woman who accidentally gets pregnant (yes, it CAN happen) and is mature enough to realize that she cannot give a baby a halfway decent future and wishes to terminate the pregnancy deserves praise. I have met enough people with mental problems and diseases, people with hard drug and alcohol habits, eating disorders, etc., that resulted from having been born into a family that should never have had children. I also knew three people who grew up in homes because no one wanted to adopt them (weren’t cute enough, were too old, whatever the reason). Needless to say, this left mental scars.

I live in Germany. Why has the birth rate has been dropping? In some parts of the country the unemployment rate is around 20 %. Then there are those who receive an unemployment check of approx. €350 (perhaps $380), plus rent and utilities. There are others who earn under 4 € an hour. Then there is the question of losing my job if the child is sick too often, because anyone over 40 is an old geezer on the job market. Some job ads even say that they only accept people 35 and under. Then there is the problem of finding a decent partner in the first place, as single women cannot adopt or go to a sperm bank (the latter being only possible if a male partner signs various legal things). These are just some of the reasons for the dropping birth rate, there are many, many more.

It's really an interesting subject to discuss and it's also a good condition to practice vocabulary. I think there is a typo mistake in the anno's reply of only woman's decision. It will be 40 days or 4 weeks. The author would be a man if he had this error. Let's imagine, it's very hard for a pregnant woman to sit before the computer in the gestational age up to 36 weeks at the first born or 37 weeks at the other birth. Pretenal care for parenting is always a problem for women especially for gestational age up to 36 weeks. And a lot of complications will happen for a woman to give birth. Midwife , doctors, emergency cars, blood are always ready to save the mother and the child in some special cases that no one can predict exactly what will be .For 40 days, some abortion medical could give a choice to women to decide to solve this dilemna.But it's not easy to abolish this fertilization because methotrexate and misoprostol are teratogenic . If you are really carrying a foetus of 40 days, you should go to the health center to avoid the risk of fetal anormalies or miscarriage instead of using abortion medical yourself for the feeling " more natural". Law regarding consent abortion of age under 18. For thousand of years, women have placed sponge with a variety of spermicides into the vagina. Today, contraception sponge is available in US pharmacies. So, the failure of the contraceptive sponge may lead to abortion. Emergency  contraception includes any method initiated after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. Though, abortion  may be a lot of methods of contraception. Some are permitted , others are banned. It depends on your religion, your conception , your sex education and the law of your country.

I agree your ideas

Abortion is criminal!

The father of a baby is responsible for abortion