Would you be okay with legalized abortion in Armenia?

[levon]

Re: Would you be okay with legalized abortion in Armenia?

Well idk if those numbers are accurate fed, but I would imagine they are much lower than rates in other countries, such as india, where no matter how many abortions they have they still can't seem to keep the population from increasing.

Those numbers cannot be correct. Some of the numbers in the article quoat up to 140 abortions per 1000 women. The rate in the US is around 20 per 1000. If there really were 140 abortions per 1000 women, the abortion rate would be higher than 90%.

The rate is on par with that of America, i think it's 22% of all pregnancies excluding miscarriage here, end in abortion.

America has a major abortion problem, it's not even close to that in Armenia.

I think abortion should stay legal, but perhaps couples having sex should at least think of contraceptives, or even the morning after pill, so it won't ever have to come down to an abortion

Those pills do their own damage. Women who get on the pill may experience difficulties getting pregnant after they get off. I think abortion should only be legal when it endangers the woman's life, or the pregnancy was a result of rape/incest.
Having it be legal makes people less responsible with their actions.

[Tali]

Re: Would you be okay with legalized abortion in Armenia?

The morning after pill is not the same as the birth control pill. It's a pill you take to destroy an egg if it should have met with sperm and started the process. Some argue this is the "earliest" time to have an abortion.

Birth control does take at most a year after stopping the pill before pregnancy can occur -- however, that's not the typical number, usually it takes anywhere from 3-9 months.

Then there's also the abortion pill. This is not the same as the morning after pill.

[Odar]

Re: Would you be okay with legalized abortion in Armenia?

Having it be legal makes people less responsible with their actions.

Lack of proper education (both moral and "technical") for both sexes does, not abortion per se. When abortion was illegal women who incurred in unwanted pregnancy (most of whom were mothers of too many children they could afford, or abuse victims) abandoned their children in churches, gave them away for adoption, killed them right away, or used whatever risky method to get rid of the foetus - from parsley potions to kicks in the belly.