I've heard the arguments of the pro-life camp, and I can't say that I'm impressed. They lack the practical common sense that they'd need to stand the test. If I was being charitable I'd say they're sitting on the fence. At worst, I'd say their ideas were based on total ignorance. A faulty contraceptive is sometimes all it takes, but in your moralistic dogma there's no room for such mistakes. "She can always have the baby and then simply give it away", but if she does you'll still try to make her feel guilty until her dying day. Well, what if your campaigning led to a change in the law, and women died at the hands of backstreet butchers as they did before? And if desperate, pregnant women are to be given no chance to escape, then what about a woman who is the victim of a rape? Do you really think she should be forced to carry the pregnancy to birth to be the subject of people's gossip, derision and mirth, whilst being increasingly reminded of what was done to her - the pain and humiliation that she had to endure? So, after some persuasion, you finally concede that if the law was changed a woman should be allowed to plead that under special circumstances the pregnancy can be aborted, as long as an incidence of rape has been reported. But, in practical terms, what does this proposal mean? Is an accusation good enough, or would proof need to be seen? And if only a conviction of the rapist is sufficient, then do you really think the justice system is that efficient? And what about those women who may feel that they want to maintain their silence for fear of being disbelieved, or because of threats of violence? Maybe they feel that going to court will make them re-live the pain, or that cross-examination will try to make out that they're to blame. How clear is the distinction between what is good and what is bad when you are only 12 years old and you've been raped by your dad, and you've been told that your parents should be obeyed at all times by the family values moralists who do not comprehend such crimes? In your fairy-tale fantasy world everything is always nice - like a Barbara Cartland novel, laced with sugar and with spice - where all families are supportive, fathers never harm their daughters, and the starkness of reality never muddies up the waters. All women are empowered and able to speak their piece, and judges can always be trusted, along with the police. Domestic violence against women simply doesn't exist, and no woman can be raped as long as she resists. Well, the real world isn't perfect. In fact, it doesn't even come near, and questions of right and wrong are often not so clear. To think that women take these decisions lightly is a complete distortion. Don't be fooled into thinking that pro-choice means pro-abortion. Each decision must be made with reference to each individual case, and, in my opinion, those people who are best placed to decide are those who must live with the consequences of that choice, and it's hard enough already without adding your judgemental voice.