I wish more people were up to the challenge of raising children, but especially pretty early on, the skills it takes to manage and maintain a life in our crazy culture is beyond most. It was always frightening to me that the people least likely to use condoms, rhythm methods, or abortion are those most likely to use drugs, drop out of school, have psychological problems and produce litter after litter of unwanted children. Or maybe I'm just jaded from years as a social worker.

Nah.

I know there are people who use abortion as their primary method of birth control, but outside of empirical data to the contrary, that's just not that common. Leaving aside the fact that a clump of four or six cells is no more a sentient human being than a cluster of squamous cells removed from the side of the face, the clients I worked with have always agonized over their decisions, yea or nay, for the terminations they've had. I personally wish some who'd said yes had said no and vice-versa, but then there you go.

The choice was never mine to make and the responsibility, never mine to take.