Does Ms. Gomperts, founder of the pro-abortion activist group, "Women on Waves," tell her clients about the physical and psychological risks associated with abortion? Does she take the time to carefully listen to them before aborting their children, to explore alternatives, to share with them ultrasound pictures of their living children and to discuss post-abortion syndrome? It seems to me that women contemplating such an important "choice" be given all possible information. No one, including Ms. Gomperts, would want these women to make anything less than a thoughtful, fully informed, careful decision.

. . . from the likes of "Gramma." Ms. Gomperts is a hero, and I wish we had a million more like her.

I have been struck by the fact that women who have had abortions --- particularly if they were young or poor at the time --- often say, not "This was my choice," but "I felt I had no choice."

If you're really interested in choice, here' a really simple program for maximizing it: give women money.

If pregnant women were given, say, $1000 USD, I think some of them would travel as required (across the Irish Sea to England, for example) (or from Portugal to Spain) to have abortions. But I think a significant number of us would (1) get the car out of the repair shop (2) put a down-payment on a better apartment (3) go visit supportive Aunt Lily in Le Havre (4) blow it all on long-distance calls or partying or books or baby clothes or chocolate ice cream.

In other words, Women on Waves, if you offer abortion, you're only maximizing abortion. Much better, I think, to offer money: then you're maximizing choice.

If we don't have a change of leadership in this country, the Women on Waves may have to sail past to the United States.

Colarado is now trying toput a intiative on teh ballot to ban all aboritions, by chiange the privacy clause in the state consittution.

Abortion does not casue psychlogical or physcical damage. This is the latest BIG LIE of the antis. There is no medical proof of this and in fact the larger medical profession does to support the theory put out by the pro-lifers.

It is very sad that those who bleive ther are sitting on a moral high horse and oppose a woman's right to reproductice choice have to use immoral misinformation to promote thier cause.

Abortion is an evil. If you want to argue that in some cases it is the lesser of two evils, that is one thing. But to act as if its no different then having a cyst removed is revolting. This 'liberal' crusading for abortion is why many people vote against their economic interests and vote Republican. They find the promotion of abortion as if there is nothing wrong with it morally offensive.

I find it perplexing that many people that are all far killing foreigners in unjust wars oppose abortion. While many of those that oppose war strongly favor abortion. It doesn't make any sense. You would think people would be more intellectually consistent.

Or maybe the people who are so fervently pro-abortion don't really care about the war and U.S. imperialism. Perhaps there are really two different audiences involved. If that's the case, we should have two separate magazines.

And what's with all these men rah rahing abortion? What's their dog in this hunt?

Well, I mainly read Salon for the political articles, as well as some other general interest and entertainment news. But I don't fit in with this rah-rah abortion mindset. Don't count on me to renew my premium membership.

When I read about incredible women like her, I wonder why some of us are driven to break the rules even at risk of our lives.

I mean, you know, she could be killed. Or beaten or arrested and beaten and then locked up in very unpleasant conditions. There's a lot of terrible forces she's facing down here.

I see people like her in the medical marijuana movement. People whose courage makes me feel so inadequate. I've faced the fact now that I have enough courage to speak up for myself as a patient, but not enough courage to run a dispensary and risk my life for other patients.

I wonder what gives a person that kind of courage. I see this kind of courage every day. But I still wonder -- why do some people have it and others don't?

This 'liberal' crusading for abortion is why many people vote against their economic interests and vote Republican. They find the promotion of abortion as if there is nothing wrong with it morally offensive.

The pro-choice movement in United Sates is not cursading for "Abortion" they are crusading for "abortion rights". In fact they are crusading for reproductive "privacy" rights.

The fight for abortion rights is not a "liberal" issue. It is a "centrist" issue.

Wheter you believe abotyion is evil or terrible has nothing to do with the baisic question 'Who Decides...its a woman's personal decison '. It is not about whether abortion is right or wrong or immoral. No one is arguing that abortion is a great thing.. but it hs always existed, is neccessary sometimes and should be a personal decision" based on one's own beliefs or circumstances. It is a "privacy" decision.

There are no great anit abortion movments outside the U.S. except those exported by teh Right to Life Movement here.

Contrary to the ramblings of some of the borderline personalities on this board, abortion is not an "evil" and many people, including myself, are not simply pro-choice but in fact pro-abortion.

In many, maybe most, cases, women who find themselves pregnant would be best advised to get an abortion. It's their choice, of course, but if any woman came to me and asked whether I thought she should get an abortion, I would tell her to get one.

Asking why men care about abortion rights - since they have "no dog in this hunt" - is offensive, and analogous to asking why white people care about civil rights for blacks.