Let's look at the choices a woman has available to her. It is a woman's choice to have sexual relations. If she does, she has chosen to accept the emotional, psychological and physical risks and responsibilities involved with that behavior.

She can choose whether to use birth control. If a woman doesn't want to have children at all, she can choose to have an operation to prevent her from getting pregnant. To me, I think a woman has plenty of opportunities for choices before she gets pregnant.

And I agree, we shouldn't "cast stones" at women or girls who end up with an unwanted pregnancy. Heck, I just recently gave a baby shower for a young, unwed mother. I just celebrate the fact that she chose life for her child and is facing her responsibilities of motherhood with courage, hope and, yes, joy.

Ms. Wail states that "women know the price that not only comes with childbirth, but with child rearing." How many of these women know the price that comes with abortion? What about the price of an increased chance of future miscarriages? Or what about the price of possible problems with future pregnancies?

One alternative Ms. Wail doesn't mention is adoption. There are millions of couples waiting to adopt a baby in our country. With adoption, the pregnant woman wins by not having to pay the price of abortion, the adoptive couple wins by having a child to love and, most important, the child wins by getting a chance to live.

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