Legal abortions are essential in a free society that values women and their rights. Abortion is never an easy decision, but women have been making that decision for thousands of years. Whenever a society attempts to outlaw abortions, it ignores the same urgent reasons for safe, legal abortions that have always existed. Choice is good for families. There are many programs such as family planning counseling, sex education, and contraception which diminish the number of …showed first 75 words of 811 total…

…showed last 75 words of 811 total…Clinics providing such service have been bombed. Is this respect for life? No society committed to rights and freedoms for the individual could seriously consider returning to back-alley abortions, and to the government forcing women to bear children against their will. Many women today will not accept that. They can now select their own paths in society including when and whether to have children. Legal abortions are critical in maintaining freedom of choice for women.